Disability Services Program

How to Document your Disability

Documentation Required for Verification of Disability

In order to receive services at Solano College through Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS), a student must have a verified disability. The professional completing the Verification of Disability (VOD) form (pdf), must provide current documentation for review and determination of eligibility by a Solano College DSP Specialist/Counselor. Documentation must be dated within 3 years of the request for accommodations, except in the case of Mobility Impairment and Psychological Disability when documentation must be within 90 days of the student's request for service.

Disability/Professional Documentation
  If attending high school, most recent Individual Education Plan (IEP) and the following:
Acquired Brain Injury
  • Neurologist
  • Neuropsychologist
  • Physician
Cognitive rehabilitation report/neurological assessment/medical report documenting the disability
  • Description of the impact on cognitive functions or how able the student is to take in and remember new information and produce reports based on new learning.
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Developmentally Delayed Learner
  • Psychiatrist
  • Psychologist
Regional Center certification and/or psychological report (usually WAIS III or WISC III) documenting the disability
  • Standard scores and/or descriptions of adaptive behavior levels
  • Standard scores (not grade level equivalents nor percentile ranks) from recent academic achievement assessment (reading, spelling, math, etc.)
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Hearing Impairment
  • Audiologist
Current audiogram documenting the disability
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Learning Disability
  • Psychologist
  • College LD Specialist
  • Other Appropriate Professional
Psychological report documenting the disability
  • Cognitive ability test standard scores (usually the WAIS III or WISC III).
  • Achievement test standard scores (usually the WJ III).
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Mobility Impairment
  • Physician
  • Nurse Practitioner
Medical report documenting the disability (within 90 days)
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Psychological Disability
  • Psychiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • MFCC
  • MSW
Psychological report documenting the DSM Code and Axis (within 90 days)
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Speech and Language Impairment
  • Speech and Language Pathologist
Speech/Language report documenting the disability
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Visual Impairment
  • Ophthalmologist
  • Optometrist
Current vision test documenting the disability
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations
Other Disability
  • Appropriate Professional
Medical or professional report documenting the disability
  • Educational Limitations
  • Recommended Services/Accommodations