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Graduate & Professional School

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Graduate and professional degree programs carry their own set of complexities for disabled students. The application process, high stakes testing, courses, internships, clinicals each have nuances, and sometimes barriers to address.
Most campus Disability Services offices serve graduate students, though some have separate offices and procedures within their professional schools.
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This growing set of resources will help you find information, strategies and support as you seek advanced degrees.

​If you are teaching, also check out our information for faculty, especially our resources for faculty and TAs with disabilities

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Medical Field

Coalition for Disability Access in Health Science and Medical Education

The Exceptional Nurse

Also check out our resources for faculty teaching in STEM fields

Self-Care for Medical Students and Professionals from EDUMED

National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities 
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Law

National Association of Law Students with Disabilities at YouTube
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Teaching

Disabled Teachers Network


Disability Accommodations for
​Professional Exams

Most of the agencies that administer exams for entrance to graduate or professional school, or professional licensing, offer accommodations to test-takers with disabilities. Below are links to their sites that explain their procedures.

Note that the accommodations request process can be stringent and time-consuming. In some cases you need to start the process 10 or more months in advance in order to collect disability documentation and wait for a decision from the testing agency. Make sure to read the instructions for reserving a date to take the exam as well.

If you receive exam accommodations as an undergraduate student, make sure that the Disability Services office clearly documents the accommodations that you receive, and how long you've received them. You may also need to make sure that your disability documentation is current.

The document Testing Accommodations from the Office for Civil Rights explains your rights as well as some of the issues in applying for accommodations.
GRE
GMAT


LSAT
MCAT

ASWB - Social Work
NMBE - Medicine
​USMLE - Medicine
Check with state boards as well

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​In 2021, a federal discretionary grant (P116D210002) was awarded via  the National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities Program (NCITSPSD) to the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI-UMN), in full partnership with the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and is authorized by Congress in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (777.4). 

The NCITSPSD program grant was originally awarded in 2015 (P116D150005) to the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).

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The material on this website is available in alternative formats upon request; questions or concerns about accessibility should be sent to nccsd@ahead.org.  All images are from Bigstock.com or public domain except where noted.

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