Accessibility Services

Accessibility Services Inquiry Form: Prospective Students & Families

Prospective Students can contact the Office of Accessibility Services during the enrollment process to request a meeting or to ask questions.   

Disclosing your disability in the application process is not required. Applying for academic & housing accommodations is a separate and confidential process through the Office of Accessibility Services office once a student deposits and enrolls at Hood College.  In addition, documentation will not be requested, and please do NOT submit any documentation. It will not be reviewed and kept by the Office of Accessibility Services until admitted and enrolled as a student at Hood College.  

If reasonable accommodations are needed during the admissions process, including ASL Interpreters, accessible documentation (i.e. Braille) or for mobility concerns, please indicate accessibility needs on the Inquiry form. 

If you are touring within 5 business days of completing this form, please contact the Office of Accessibility Services at AccessibilityServices@hood.edu immediately.  Due to short notice, Accessibility Services staff will try to make sure accommodations can be met within the shorter timeframe. You can also request your Hood College Admissions Counselor contact the Office of Accessibility Services with specific accessibility needs during a campus tour. 

Foreign Language Substitution Policy and Guidelines 

In some cases, students with documented learning disabilities or other health impairments (e.g. vision or hearing) will not be required to take foreign language classes; they will be offered a substitution option. This is not an “exemption” or waiver of credit requirements. Instead, these students will be required to take other courses to meet the foreign language requirement and fulfill credit requirements for graduation. 

In order to qualify for a foreign language substitution, a student must have completed a comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation within the last 3 years (or during 9th to 12th grade).  The results must address the student’s ability to successfully complete a foreign language course, specifically.  

Required Documentation: 

• Comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation (completed by a psychologist) 

• Comprehensive evaluation and report completed by an audiologist or ophthalmologist 

**An IEP or 504 (or private school accommodation plan) may be provided, but a student must have one of the above documents submitted for the request to be considered. If an IEP or 504 are submitted with no other documentation, the request will not be reviewed. ** 

The Office of Accessibility Services will review all documentation in order to determine whether a student request will be approved.   

Timeline for Requests 

Request and approval must be made during the Summer (once the student has an assigned academic advisor), Fall or Spring of their 1st year. 

Exceptions:  

1. Transfer students entering with sophomore standing. 

2. Students who have received a new diagnosis made with current testing that would allow a student with sophomore or junior standing to be considered. In the case of a junior standing, the possibility of a student’s graduation date changing would be discussed if applicable.  

A student that transfers in with an A.A. degree does not need to meet the foreign language core requirement.  

Process students must follow: 

1. Student contacts the Office of Accessibility Services, completes Part 1 of form and submits all required documentation. 

2. Office of Accessibility Services will send a documentation confirmation email to the student when Part 1 form request and all required documentation is received. 

3. Office of Accessibility Services will schedule a meeting with the student and academic advisor to review the request and issue a decision within two weeks of the student confirmation email.