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Disability Services

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Disability Services at YHC

Young Harris College is committed to ensuring equal access for students with disabilities. Our office provides individualized support and guidance for students with documented disabilities, helping coordinate reasonable accommodations for academics, housing, dining, and campus programs, while promoting an accessible and inclusive campus environment.

How to Request Accommodations

1. Complete the Accommodation Registration Form
Students requesting disability-related accommodations should complete the Disability Services Accommodation Registration Form. This single form may be used to request academic, testing, housing, dining, emotional support animal, or other disability-related accommodations.

2. Submit Supporting Documentation
Students should provide documentation that helps Disability Services understand the disability or condition, its functional impact, and the disability-related need for the requested accommodation. Supporting documentation may be uploaded with the registration form or submitted separately.

Students may begin the registration process while they are obtaining documentation. Additional information may be requested when necessary to evaluate an accommodation request.

3. Meet with Disability Services
After the registration form and available documentation are reviewed, Disability Services will contact the student regarding next steps. An intake meeting may be scheduled to discuss the student’s experience, requested accommodations, supporting information, and individual needs.

4. Accommodation Determination
Accommodation requests are considered individually through an interactive process. Disability Services will determine reasonable and appropriate accommodations based on the student’s disability-related needs and the information available.

5. Put Approved Accommodations in Place
Students approved for academic accommodations will receive an Accommodation (ACC) Form identifying their approved accommodations. Students are responsible for providing their ACC Form to their professors and discussing implementation of their accommodations as needed.

Accommodations are not retroactive. Students are encouraged to register with Disability Services and provide approved accommodations to faculty as early as possible.

Already registered with Disability Services?
You do not need to complete a new registration form each semester for permanent accommodations. Contact Disability Services if your accommodation needs have changed or if you need to submit additional documentation.

Our Approach to Accommodations

Disability Services takes an individualized and collaborative approach to accommodations. We recognize that a disability may affect each student differently, and accommodation needs cannot always be determined by a diagnosis alone.

The accommodation process is interactive. Disability Services considers the student’s experience, the functional impact of the disability, supporting documentation, the accommodations requested, and the academic or campus environment in which the accommodation will be used.

Students are encouraged to communicate openly with Disability Services throughout the process. When questions or barriers arise, Disability Services works collaboratively with students, faculty, and other appropriate campus partners to identify reasonable and effective solutions while maintaining essential academic and program requirements.

Our goal is to provide students with equitable access to the educational experience at Young Harris College while treating each accommodation request as an individual determination.

Disability Services Contact

Location: RCC Second Floor – Robinson Suite

Disability Services Forms & Resources

Types of reasonable accommodations

A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a course, program, service, activity, or facility. It is designed to offer a qualified student with a disability reasonable access to the same opportunities, benefits, and privileges available to a student without a disability.

Classroom accommodations

Note-taking assistance (for example, copies of PowerPoints and other visual aids, peer notes, audio recordings, and assistive technology)
Accessible print/text material
Disability-related attendance modification
Preferential seating
Sign language interpreter

Exam accommodations

Extended time
Low distraction environment
Alternative test formats, such as enlarged print or text-to-speech ready

Other accommodations

Priority registration
Course substitutions
Campus navigation considerations
Housing needs
Service or emotional support animal

Disability Services FAQs

And answers to other questions you might have.

For Students

How long does the review process take?

Disability Services will only review accommodation requests once all information is received. Once information is processed and reviewed, students will be contacted at their yhc.edu email address outlining next steps, which may include a request to submit additional information and/or an invitation and directions to schedule an intake meeting.

Please allow up to 10 business days for review.

How will I get notified of results?

Once information is processed and reviewed, students will be contacted at their yhc.edu email address outlining next steps, which may include a request to submit additional information and/or an invitation and directions to schedule an intake meeting.

When should I request housing accommodations?

Make reasonable housing accommodation requests as soon as possible before moving into College housing. YHC accepts and considers requests at any time. However, if the request for accommodation is made after the following deadlines, YHC cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet your accommodation needs during the first semester or term of occupancy.

For fall semester: June 15
For spring semester: November 1

How should I submit documentation?

Documentation of a disability can be submitted to Disability Services in one of the following ways:

Preferred: Upload using the Disability Services – Submit Documents form, located above on this page.
Attach to the Request for Accommodations form upon submission
Drop off at the PREP Center front desk during regular business hours
Send by post mail to the following address:
Disability Services – PREP Center
1 College St.
Young Harris, GA 30582

Do not email or fax documents.

Have more questions?

Need assistance or have questions about accommodations? Contact Disability Services for guidance and support.

Naveela Philbeck

Executive Director of Compliance

Disability Services -Title IX – Institutional Investigations

RCC Second Floor

(706) 379-5052 | Email