{"id":3035,"date":"2017-03-24T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T22:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/community\/zz\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2017-05-17T20:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T00:35:46","slug":"resources-students-disabilities-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/community\/zz\/resources-students-disabilities-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Resources for Students with Disabilities at York University"},"content":{"rendered":"
Knowing what you are entitled to as a student is important. York is one of the leading schools in mental health as we recently developed a new mental healthcare plan (2016) for the growing crisis on mental health.<\/p>\n
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Students with mental or physical disabilities are entitled to academic accommodations and financial funding. Students with any disability can excel at school. This article is meant to help those who may be struggling. This article will explain the: who\/what\/where\/when of these resources.<\/p>\n
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Anyone is entitled to these accommodations, for psychiatric accommodations you will have to visit the Bennett Centre located at York for an assessment. After the assessment, your consoler will give you the papers and recommendation needed for the accommodations.<\/p>\n
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For physical, sensory and medical services, you will need to contact PSMD services who will initiate an intake appointment, after that they will determine financial compensation and give you the forms needed for academic accommodation. They can also be located at the Bennett Centre.<\/p>\n
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Academic accommodation allows an individual to have a smaller course load (instead of 30 credits each semester which is the recommended amount to graduate within 4 years) you will be able to have a smaller work load.<\/p>\n
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Instructor-related accommodations (if you wish)<\/p>\n
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Also, you will be entitled too (but not limited too)<\/p>\n
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The Bennett Centre is diagonally across the street from Accolade East. Once you are at Accolade East, you will see an intersection; the huge building diagonally across from this intersection is the Bennett Centre. Accolade East is on the edge of the bus loop where the GO buses are located.<\/p>\n
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The hours of operation for the Bennett Centre are 8:30am-4:30pm from Monday-Friday.<\/p>\n
For registration services their office hours are:<\/p>\n
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Active Minds thinks it is important for students to always have the support and guidance that they need. We hope these services bring a benefit for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"