TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About Disability Support Services
  • What We Do
  • Contacts
  • Location and Hours
  • Resources
  • Housing Accommodations

About Disability Support Services

At Lesley University, we’re committed to providing equal or equally effective alternative access to academic, social, cultural, and recreational programs for all qualified individuals with disabilities.

Our Disability Support Services team works with faculty, staff, community, and students in all degree-granting programs to make appropriate adjustments to provide this access. Educational access includes the provision of accommodations, supports, and services.

What We Do

• Meet with students to review the documentation process and discuss accommodations.
• Create accommodation letters for eligible students with disabilities on the basis of supporting documentation.
• Provide support with time management, organization, and executive function.
• Collaborate with students and faculty around implementation of accommodations.
• Address campus accessibility issues.

Contacts

Holly Aldrich, Director, Disability Support Services

Email: haldric2@lesley.edu

Phone: 617.349.8655

Fax: 617.649.3704

Office email: dss@lesley.edu

Location and Hours

University Hall, 2^nd Floor

Open Monday through Friday, 9 am–5 pm

Resources

To request accommodations, students must provide supporting documentation from a qualified treating healthcare provider. Attached to this article, you will find the following guidelines and accommodation forms:

• Attention Deficit Disorders Documentation Guidelines
• Learning Disabilities and Autism Documentation Guidelines
• Blind or Legally Blind Disclosure Form
• Hearing Loss Disability Disclosure Form
• Physical Mobility Disability Disclosure Form
• Psychiatric Disability Disclosure Form
• Traumatic Brain Injury Disclosure Form
• Medical Disability Disclosure Form
• Food-Related Disability Disclosure Form
• Chronic or Degenerative Disability Disclosure Form

Housing Accommodations

If you are requesting housing accommodations, a qualified treating healthcare provider should complete the Housing Accommodations Recommendation Form (attached to this article). Submit the form to dss@lesley.edu. We’ll meet with you to discuss your specific situation and additional forms that may be required.

Accessible housing is available to students who have disabilities that substantially impact one or more major life activities as they relate to housing. The purpose of housing accommodations is to address aspects of residential life that are inaccessible in relation to a student’s disability. Each request is assessed individually in light of the specific facts presented. We consider multiple factors in our assessment, including but not limited to the following:

• The connection between the impact of the disability and the requested accommodation
• Recommendation and documentation from an appropriate clinician or healthcare provider
• The financial or administrative burden of providing the accommodation
• Available space
• The impact, if any, on other students
• Safety concerns

Accessible options in residence halls vary. Assignment to a specific residence hall or campus and roommate preference cannot be guaranteed. Housing accommodation requests must be submitted every year.

Please note: Residential students with disabilities who require the use of service or assistance animals in university student housing should contact dss@lesley.edu to review our process. Assistance and service animals must not be in residence until approval by Disability Support Services. Please see the Lesley University Lesley University Policy on Pets, Service Animals, and Assistance Animals for Students Living in University Student Housing for additional information.