Student Accessibility Services (SAS) provides individualized academic accommodation planning to students with temporary and permanent disabilities. If you’re not sure whether this applies to you, use our digital flowchart to find out if SAS is the right place for you.

Critical incident support is available to students experiencing a personal or family emergency (for example: loss of housing, hospitalization, death of a loved one) through the Office of Student Community Relations.

No. Occasionally, students become ill or have personal/family emergencies and need special consideration to write a test or exam at a later date, or to hand in an assignment late. Please speak to your professor if you need special consideration.

Deferred standing is a formal arrangement with your course director and requires supporting documentation, where applicable. Find more information and how to apply for deferred standing.  

You can still register with us, however, access to academic accommodations (such as accommodated tests and exams) might be limited and/or unavailable this term.

We can explore interim academic accommodations while your assessment is being completed. Your family doctor (or specialist) can indicate on your SAS Medical Form (.pdf) that you are in the process of being assessed. They are asked to provide information relating to your functional limitations on the form.

Follow the three steps to register with us. 

No. Information for students seeking religious accommodation can be found on the Registrar's website.

IEPs cannot be used as your disability documentation. An IEP does not outline the functional limitations or disability-related barriers you experience in academic environments, making it difficult to determine how to best support you when arranging academic accommodations. IEPs also do not confirm disability status, as they may be put in place for reasons unrelated to a disability. 

If you have a learning disability, we will need to see the psychoeducational assessment that was used to create the IEP.

A note from a healthcare provider is not an acceptable form of documentation as it lacks the detailed information we need about the disability-related impact of your symptoms on academic participation. Reports from MRIs/CT scans or ultrasounds, X-rays, pictures of broken bones and/or pill bottles are also not acceptable forms of documentation. 

We will ask for the SAS Medical Form (.pdf) to be completed to ensure we are providing the most appropriate and effective accommodations.  

To register for disability-related academic accommodations, you can submit a: 

• Student Accessibility Services Medical Form 
• Medical/psychological report 
• Psychoeducational assessment 

Learn more about each of these documents under the “What documents do I need to register?” section of this webpage. In certain cases, we may be able to work with you to help you secure the appropriate documentation. If you have further questions, contact sasreg@yorku.ca. 

A letter of accommodation is a document that lists the accommodations you require in a course. It does not include medical information. You must share it on the portal with each of your instructors for each course in which you need accommodations. The top of your letter includes the date until which your accommodations are valid. The bottom shows the contact information of your Accessibility Counsellor. 

You do not need a letter of accommodation to register with SAS—you'll receive one from your Accessibility Counsellor after you are registered. Find more FAQs about letters of accommodation. 

Academic accommodations received at another post-secondary school are not automatically transferable to York. You might have access to different academic accommodations here. 

We will review the medical/psychological documentation submitted to another post-secondary school as a starting point to enter our service. Additional documentation might be requested as part of academic accommodation planning at York. 

Visiting students: Please note you must register with us to explore your eligibility for academic accommodations at York. 

We accept documentation provided in either English or French.