Disability Support Services

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How to request academic accommodations for a disability.

• Contact DisabilityServices@CalSouthern.edu to request the DDS Application.
• The AIUS Request for Accommodations form must be completed by you and then submitted to a doctor, psychologist or clinician who can verify your disability.
• If the disability is permanent, then you should ask the clinician to indicate that on the form.
• The clinician needs to complete pages 2 and 3 of the form in its entirety, sign the form, date it, indicate their medical license number, and return it to you.
• Once the AIUS Request for Accommodations form has been completed, you will need to scan it and email the form and/or documents back to Disability Services. Please email ALL documents to DisabilityServices@CalSouthern.edu
  

Types of Verification of Disability Documents  (list is not exhaustive)

• Entire Psycho-Educational Testing Report (Required for Learning Disabilities, ADHD) – Tested as an adult (18 years and older). Excerpts of the report are not acceptable.
• A Learner Disability Information and Verification Form – completed by a medical doctor or clinician who can attest to your disability.
• Medical records identifying the name of the learner, diagnosis, and duration (Permanent or Temporary), doctor’s name and medical facility.
• Letter from the doctor or clinician on office letterhead indicating the learner’s name, DOB, Diagnosis, Duration (Permanent/Temporary), signature, printed name and medical license number of the doctor or clinician.

Please be advised that Disability Services cannot accept Disability Verification documents that are:

• Completed and/or sign by a doctor or clinician who is related to the learner by:
  • Genetics
  • Marriage
  • Co-habitation
  • Adoption
  • Domestic partnership
• Completed based solely on asynchronous medical and/or psychological evaluations.

If I am Eligible for Services, What Happens Next?

• The Coordinator of DSS will contact the learner by email to arrange a 15–20 minute New Learner Intake (NLI) appointment either by phone, Zoom or chat.
• During the appointment, the Coordinator confers together
  with the learner in an interactive process to create an Academic Accommodation Plan and will explain the accommodations and how to request and use them.
• Once the NLI is completed, the Coordinator will send emails through DocuSign consisting of two documents:
  • The Academic Accommodation Eligibility Agreement (stipulates the accommodations authorized by DSS including the duration of eligibility of services for the learner)
  • The Learner Rules and Responsibilities form (explains the policies of CalSouthern with respect to DSS)

Both documents should be signed online and returned to the DSS Coordinator. Once the documents are correctly completed and received by the Coordinator, the accommodation becomes available and may be used by the learner.

How do I Contact Disability Services?

Please direct all learner inquiries, requests, and correspondence regarding disability accommodation(s) and related issues to disabilityservices@calsouthern.edu.

Important Note: Emails requesting disability accommodation(s) sent to mentors, Academic Advisors, Accounting, or other departments other than Disability Services may result in significant delays.

Contact Information

714.263.7515/ 800.477.2254 Ext. 47872
Fax: 657.467.4325
DHH Relay Service: Please call 711
DisabilityServices@CalSouthern.edu

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday 8:00AM-3:30PM (PST) or by Appointment