What is the procedure for receiving academic accommodations at Northwestern University?
Each student requesting disability accommodations must meet with SSD staff to review his/her disability documentation and cooperatively determine accommodations. Once accommodations have been determined and the student has signed an accommodations agreement, accommodations can be implemented with various departments. To promote self-advocacy, students who have been granted testing accommodations are typically asked to meet with each of their instructors, in the beginning of each quarter, to discuss accommodation needs and to deliver letters from SSD verifying which accommodations have been granted. Because accommodations are individual and granted on a case-by-case basis, there are many methods of implementation. SSD staff will discuss accommodation arrangements with each student registered with the office when appropriate accommodations are determined.
