Office of Disability Services

Accessible Housing

How to apply

The following information is provided to assist WVU Tech and C&T at WVU Tech students who wish to obtain disability-based accommodations to their housing assignment. If you are an incoming freshman, a housing application is contained along with the orientation package that must be completed and submitted to the housing office. Please read and follow all of the guidelines for housing contained in materials received from either institution as well as the Office of Residence Life.

If you are a person with a disability that requires housing accommodations, you must contact both the Office of Disability Services in addition to the Office of Residence Life. The Office of Disability Services requires that you submit appropriate documentation that substantiates your need for accessible housing. Although application for accessible housing is made through the Office of Disability Services, all other policies, procedures, and deadlines by the Office of Residence Life apply.

Documentation Requirements

It is important to remember that in all housing requests at WVU Tech and the C&T at WVU Tech the Office of Residence Life deadlines must be maintained. It is important that housing needs are anticipated early in the application process. Requests for accessible housing need to be communicated prior to housing request deadlines and in time for the review of documentation process to be completed. The Office of Residence Life can be contacted at:

Visit the WVU Tech web site for more online information about Residence Life. http://www.wvutech.edu/~housing

The following are guidelines for documentation of disability with respect to housing accommodations:

  1. A signed, dated evaluation report must indicate how the disability impacts and contributes to a "significant impairment" requiring accessible housing.
  2. The evaluation report must minimally contain all of the following:
    1. The credentials of the diagnosing professional.
    2. A clear statement of diagnosis.
    3. An explanation of the diagnostic criteria and tests used to make the diagnosis.
    4. A statement of the current limitations based upon specified test results specified in the evaluation report.
    5. Treatments, medications, devices, or services prescribed or used to minimize the impact of the condition.
    6. The duration, stability, or progression of the condition.

In addition

The following information apply to any request to obtain housing accommodations at WVU Tech and the C & T at WVU Tech:

  1. Housing accommodations are provided only on the basis of appropriate documentation of a disability that meets all of the criteria.
  2. The student will be notified by the Office of Disability Services as to the appropriateness of the documentation.
  3. The student must apply for university housing in the manner used by all other students.
  4. The student must meet all of the deadlines and timelines of the application for housing as all other students.
  5. A diagnosis of a disorder, condition or syndrome in and of itself does not automatically qualify an individual for disability based accommodations.
  6. Given that all Housing Guidelines and Timelines apply for all students, time should be allowed for the documentation process.
  7. Once documentation of the need for housing accommodations based upon disability is approved by the Office of Disability Services, the University Housing Office will be contacted informing them of the student's need for housing accommodations and that appropriate documentation has been received.
  8. The University Housing Office will contact the student to inform them of the housing arrangements.

Please see the Documentation Section for specific documentation written for Housing Accommodations.

 

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