ACCOMMODATE: For all your accommodation process needs
All students who would like to request accommodations for a disability must utilize the Accommodate system for student services processes. This includes requesting accommodations, notifying faculty of approved accommodations, arranging notetakers for courses, borrowing assistive technology and requesting alternative format text materials.
To schedule an appointment with the Office of Disability Services (ODS) staff, email [email protected] with your availability between Monday and Friday, from 9 AM to 4 PM, and a team member will schedule an appointment for you.
In addition, the Accommodate portal will allow students 24-hour access to all of their disability information including: approved accommodations, pending requests, accommodation notification letters, current and historical ODS appointments, uploaded documentation and documents, borrowed technology and more.
To learn how to navigate the various tasks and processes for student services, please click on the Students page. Training modules can be accessed on the Students page and include modules with step-by-step instructions as well as recorded live demonstrations of the process.
To log in to Accommodate, enter the portal below:
Accommodate Student Portal Log in
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Introducing ACCOMMODATE
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ACCOMMODATE is specifically designed for disability services offices and features a portal for students, faculty and staff to engage in full featured management of all accommodation-related information and processes. The system will significantly improve and simplify student disability services processes, create efficiencies for students, faculty and staff, eliminate paper transactions, reduce email exchanges, provide access to student information and records at any time, and much more.
Take a moment to view the video below to get acquainted with ACCOMMODATE! -
If I'm a student new to ODS, how do I make an accommodation request?
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If you are a current Princeton University student and are not already registered with the Office of Disability Services (ODS) for accommodations, you may make a new request for accommodations using the Request for Accommodations form, which is also available on the ODS home page.
Students must submit a completed Request for Accommodations form and your treatment provider must submit documentation to support your request. Please visit the ODS home page for forms or the Student Services page for documentation requirements. Please note that requests will not be reviewed until we have both the Request for Accommodations form as well as documentation supporting your request. Accommodation request reviews may take 2-3 weeks, depending on the volume of requests at that time.
Please visit the Student Services page for more information on the process to request accommodations.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
Request an accommodation
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How do I make a "Semester Request" for accommodation notification letters to my course faculty?
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Students who have completed the registration process with the Office of Disability Services (ODS) and have been approved for academic accommodations must notify their course faculty of their approved accommodations each semester. This “accommodation notification” to faculty is managed in Accommodate by making a “semester request.”
This request should be made through the Accommodate system by the end of the add/drop period or as soon as possible if accommodations are approved during the semester. Visit the ODS student services page for more information.
When making the semester request, students can select which approved accommodations they want included in the notification letter. When a course is selected, all faculty associated with the course will receive an email notifying them that a student accommodation notification letter is available to view in Accommodate. It is important to note that preceptors or TA’s working with the course faculty will not receive notification. Either the student or the faculty must forward the letter to any preceptor or TA that needs to have this information.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to Make a Semester Request
Step-by-Step instructions
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How to I arrange notetakers or other resources assistants if I've been approved for this accommodation?
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Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to Request Notetakers or other Resource Assistants
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How do I request Alternative Format Text for my course materials?
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If you have been approved for alternative format text as an accommodation, you can make your request through Accommodate. This includes requests for braille or course material in a digital format.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to make a request for Alternative Format Text
Step-by-Step instructions
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How do I make a request to borrow assistive technology or a clean laptop?
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If you have consulted with an ODS staff member and have been approved to borrow ODS assistive technology or clean laptops, you can do so through Accommodate.
Accommodate lists available timers, smartpens, and laptops that can be borrowed and provides you with notification when the technology needs to be returned.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to request assistive technology or a clean laptop
Step-by-Step instructions
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How do I make an additional or "Supplemental Request" for accommodations if I am registered with ODS?
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If you are a current Princeton University student and are already registered with the Office of Disability Services (ODS) for accommodations, you may make a request for additional accommodations using the Supplemental Request process in Accommodate.
If you have a new diagnosis requiring accommodations, you must also upload documentation into Accommodate from your treatment provider to support the new accommodation request. If your diagnosis has not changed but you require additional accommodations, you may also upload updated or new documentation into Accommodate to support the new request.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to Make a Supplemental Request for accommodations
Step-by-Step instructions
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How do I make an appointment with ODS staff?
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Students who would like to meet with an ODS staff member may make an appointment through Accommodate. This process will allow you to make an appointment request for a specific date and time. If ODS staff are not available at your preferred time, you will receive an email instructing you to email [email protected] with your availability. ODS will then schedule your appointment and you will receive an email confirming the date and time and informing you of the staff member who you will be meeting with. If you would like to request a particular staff member, you can do so in the comment box with your initial request.
Please click below to view a step-by-step training module or a recorded live demonstration of this process. In addition, you may register for one of the live Zoom training sessions on this topic listed below. As always, ODS staff are available to answer questions or guide you through the process.
How to Make an Appointment with ODS
Step-by-Step instructions