Register with Disability Services

Standard Registration

Registration with ODS

Step 1: Submit a New Student Application

Tip: You will need your Ohio State user name (name .#) and your Ohio State student ID number. New students who do not yet have an Ohio State student number, please contact the ODS Office before applying.

The New Student Application helps ODS better understand the impacts of your disability and your accommodation requests. The application includes a file upload feature to provide ODS with your disability documentation.

• For guidance on the documentation required, please see below.
• Click here to download our Disability Verification Form (which is one way that a medical professional can provide you with disability documentation).
• Student veterans whose medical conditions are on file with the VA are encouraged to contact Brett Mack, Ohio State VetSuccess on Campus Counselor. Brett can help verify your conditions on file with the VA and provide documentation to you.
• Students with readily observable disabilities (e.g. wheelchair user, white cane user) can contact ODS Wooster Campus/Ohio State ATI at faes-atiods@osu.edu after submitting your application in lieu of uploading documentation.
• For assistance with the New Student Application, please contact ODS at Wooster Campus/Ohio State ATI Office for Disability Services by email: faes-atiods@osu.edu. 

Step 2: If approved, you will receive a “Schedule Your Welcome Meeting with ODS” email to your Buckeyemail account.

• Typically, these emails are sent within three business days of documentation receipt.
• If not approved, the email will provide instructions for how to provide sufficient documentation.

Step 3: Schedule and attend your Welcome Meeting.

• During your Welcome Meeting, you will discuss your submitted application, barriers you experience in your academics, accommodations that would work best for you and steps for setting up those accommodations in your classes. Schedule your Welcome Meeting using the ODS Office appointment calendar: Schedule an Appointment.
• You are not officially registered with ODS until after you have completed your Welcome Meeting.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact Wooster Campus/Ohio State ATI Office for Disability Services at faes-atiods@osu.edu.

Registration with ODS

Step 1: Submit a New Student Application

Tip: You will need your Ohio State user name (name .#) and your Ohio State student ID number. New students who do not yet have an Ohio State student number, please contact the ODS Office before applying.

The New Student Application helps ODS better understand the impacts of your disability and your accommodation requests. The application includes a file upload feature to provide ODS with your disability documentation.

• For guidance on the documentation required, please see below.
• Click here to download our Disability Verification Form (which is one way that a medical professional can provide you with disability documentation).
• Student veterans whose medical conditions are on file with the VA are encouraged to contact Brett Mack, Ohio State VetSuccess on Campus Counselor. Brett can help verify your conditions on file with the VA and provide documentation to you.
• Students with readily observable disabilities (e.g. wheelchair user, white cane user) can contact ODS after submitting your application in lieu of uploading documentation.
• For assistance with the New Student Application, please contact Wooster Campus/Ohio State ATI Office for Disability Services at faes-atiods@osu.edu.

Step 2: If approved, you will receive a “Schedule Your Welcome Meeting with ODS” email to your Buckeyemail account.

• Typically, these emails are sent within three business days of documentation receipt.
• If not approved, the email will provide instructions for how to provide sufficient documentation.

Step 3: Schedule and attend your Welcome Meeting.

• During your Welcome Meeting, you will discuss your submitted application, barriers you experience in your academics, accommodations that would work best for you and steps for setting up those accommodations in your classes.
• You are not officially registered with ODS until after you have completed your Welcome Meeting.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact ODS at Wooster Campus/Ohio State ATI at faes-ati@osu.edu.

EXPEDITED registration

All expedited registrations with ODS can begin with a phone call to our office at (330) 287-1247. Students who are eligible to complete an expedited registration with disability services include, but are not limited to: 

• Students with readily observable disabilities e.g., wheelchair user or white cane user
• Students with temporary disabilities e.g., a broken or sprained limb or a concussion
• Veteran students (with their disability status on file with the VA)

transfer student registration

Students transferring from another college/university and are already registered with that institution’s disability services office must be registered with our office in order to receive accommodations at Ohio State University.  
 
We will accept a student’s disability documentation and accommodations from the disability services office at their prior college/university.  
 
Transfer students should complete the Submit a New Student Application. 
and upload a copy of their documentation developed at the college/university that they previously attended.  

disability documentation guidelines

The Office for Disability Services will review and consider all pieces of documentation submitted. Documentation will assist Disability Services in understanding how the disability impacts the student in an academic setting and the current impact of the disability as it relates to the accommodations requested. Reviewing documentation is a collaborative process and is handled on a case-to-case basis. The eligibility determination process is not a same day process. Once documentation is received, it will be reviewed in order of receipt; therefore, it is recommended that documentation be submitted well in advance of any accommodation related needs. Typically, documentation is processed, and the student will be notified within three business days of receipt. There are multiple ways to provide the Office for Disability Services with documentation of your disability. Documentation should provide proof of diagnosis and/or prior accommodations. Disability Services follows the guidance from the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) on documentation review and accommodation approval. 
 
Examples of disability documentation includes, but is not limited to:
• IEP/ETR
• 504 Plan (with supporting documentation)
• Medical records/patient portal diagnostic summary
• Letter from a healthcare professional (on letterhead, which confirms a diagnosis)
• Accommodation letter from previous postsecondary institution
Disability Services Verification Form  (must be completed by a healthcare professional)  
 
Documentation is not required for students with readily observable disabilities e.g., wheelchair user, white cane user.  
 
Also, documentation may not be required for students with readily observable injuries (e.g., broken limb) in order for them to register with disability services on a temporary basis.
 
And student veterans who have their medical records on file with the VA may not need to provide additional documentation to register with disability services.