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Documentation Verifying Disability

The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD) is here to assist and support students and the academic community in providing appropriate academic accommodations based on individual needs.

Students are required to:

  • provide documentation pertaining to the nature of their disability from a qualified professional
  • to meet with an advisor to determine and implement appropriate academic accomodations in conjunction with University of Waterloo Faculties.

Condition & Documentation Requirements

  • Acquired Brain Injury: Medical letter or Neuropsychological assessment
 
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Copy of psycho-educational assessment, and/or physician's note, and IPRC reports (when possible)
  • Blind/Visually Impaired: CNIB Registration Number and Ophthalmologist or Optometrist report
  • Chronic Medical, Physical: Medical letter by Family Physician or specialist
  • Deaf/deaf/Deafened/Hard of Hearing: Audiologist report, Medical letter
 
  • Learning Disability: Copy of the most recent psycho-educational assessment and IPRC reports
  • Physical Disabilities: Medical letter by Family Physician or specialist
  • Psychological or Psychiatric Conditions: Medical letter by a Family Physician, and/or an assessment by a Psychologist or Psychiatrist


No Documentation

  • the OPD can help students make arrangements to obtain the necessary documentation when appropriate
  • students with suspected disabilities should make an appointment to meet for screening of disability and referral to a qualified professional