Disability Support
Learning Assistance Services (LAS) offers a variety of services for college students with disabilities. These services may include, but are not limited to:
- Alternative testing procedures
- Extended time
- Separate location
- Scribe
- Notetakers and Livescribe
- E text
- Enlarged print
- Sign language interpreters
Please submit documentation of a disability to Learning Assistance Services at:
University of Rochester
107 Lattimore Hall
P.O. Box 270359
Rochester, NY 14627-0359
Fax: 585-273-1116
Documentation Guidelines
These documentation guidelines may assist you, or your evaluator, in providing the most thorough and comprehensive report.
- General Documentation Guidelines
- Documentation Guidelines for ADD/ADHD
- Documentation Guidelines for Learning Disabilities
Disability Manual
You may also find useful information in our seventh edition of The Disability Manual: Disabilities, Accommodations, and The College. This manual provides detailed information about the support available to students with disabilities.
LAS would be happy to send you send you a hard copy at your request or you can download a printable version of the entire manual at:
Read specific sections of the manual:
- Introduction
- Specific Types of Disabilities
- Documentation Requirements
- How is Documentation Reviewed?
- Requests for Further Review
- Letter to Faculty Form
- Typical Accommodation Requests
- Confidentiality
- Campus Resources
- Other Local Disability Resource Coordinators
- Disabilities and the Law
- The University of Rochester's Policy
More Information
If you have any questions or concerns please contact:
Pamela Spallacci or Erin Halligan or Vicki Roth.
Office Location: Lattimore Hall 107, River Campus.
Office Phone: (585) 275-9049
You may also contact the:
University Disabilities Resource Coordinator: Kathy Sweetland.
Office Location: 36 Wallis Hall
Office Phone: (585) 275-5550