
Nursing Program Information Session
Disability Services at Joliet Junior College is committed to empowering students with disabilities to enable equal access to an education at JJC. Disability Services engages in an interactive process with each student on an individual, case-by-case basis to determine reasonable accommodations. The documentation provided must demonstrate a disability as it relates to Section 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
The following forms can be printed and completed by a healthcare professional to support the disability. This will be used to determine eligibility for appropriate accommodation.
Disability documentation can be completed by a qualified treating or diagnosing healthcare professional (psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, licensed certified social worker, medical doctor, optometrists, etc.) who is not a family member of the student.
Documentation can be completed on the healthcare professional's official letterhead and signed by the credentialed professional or the forms in Option 1 can be completed by a qualifying professional. Information should contain:
An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is only accepted for students with Learning Disabilities, Cognitive/Intellectual Disabilities or students diagnosed on the Autism/Asperger's Spectrum. However, the last IEP (Transition) is not accepted. Disability Services requests the three year re-evaluation and/or psychological report with eligibility. This is usually done during the student's sophomore or junior year of high school. The students must request these documents from their high school. These records do not automatically transfer with the students' transcripts.
Deaf/hard of hearing students must provide diagnostic results from a full hearing test performed by a qualified professional. Documentation must also address the following:
Students who are diagnosed as blind/low vision must provide a copy of the complete ocular examination from an optometrist or ophthalmologist that includes:
Documentation can be mailed, faxed, emailed or dropped off.
Mail:
Joliet Junior College
Disability Services (A-1125 at Campus Center)
1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431-8938
Fax: 815-280-2820
Email: disabilityservices@jjc.edu
Drop off at Main Campus Room; A-1125