Information for Students
Eligibility for Services
Federal law defines a disability as "any mental or physical condition
that substantially limits an individual's ability to perform one or
more major life activities." Major life activities include learning,
working, walking, seeing, hearing, breathing, and attending to matters
of personal care. The physical or mental impairment must be serious
enough to substantially limit functioning in at least one major life
activity. Disabilities may include:
- Physical disabilities
- Learning disabilities
- Visual or hearing impairments
- Chronic diseases or medical conditions
- Neurological impairments
- Communication disorders
- Psychological disabilities
- Attention Deficit Disorder
Students with disabilities requesting services and accommodations at
UTSA must complete the following steps:
- Apply and be accepted for admission to UTSA through the regular
admission process. Information on the admission process can be obtained
from the UTSA Office of Admissions. UTSA does not discriminate on
the basis of disability in the recruitment and admission of students.
Students with disabilities must satisfy the same requirements and
follow the same process for admission as every other student.
- Provide current and comprehensive documentation that includes a
diagnosis of the disability and describes the functional limitations
the student experiences in an academic environment. Individualized
Educational Plans (IEP's) and Section 504 plans, while often valuable
sources of information, do not constitute acceptable documentation
of disability for higher education. For more information about documentation
guidelines at UTSA, see below.
- Schedule an appointment with DS after being admitted to UTSA to
discuss needs and to register for services.
Printable versions of the UTSA documentation guidelines are available
for download in both html and Adobe Portable Document format (PDF).
In order to read and print the PDF versions, you may need to download
and install the free Acrobat
Reader.
Documentation of Physical Disabilities
(PDF)
(HTML)
Documentation of Learning Disabilities
(PDF) (HTML)
Documentation of Psychological Disabilities/ADHD
(PDF)
(HTML)
Documentation of Hearing Impairments
(PDF)
(HTML)
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