The Advisory Committee on Academic Accommodations supports the Disability Services Office (DSO) in accommodating students with disabilities, as well as the Student Health Service, Counselling Service and Faculties and Schools in responding to students with require temporary accommodations for other health-related issues and those requesting deferrals for any reason. 

Terms of Reference:

The Committee will meet at least once per academic term.  

The Committee will:

• Provide feedback and input on the DSO’s, HCDS’s and the university’s administrative policies and procedures related to academic accommodations, deferrals and short term accommodations;
• Share best practices with respect to deferrals and short term accommodation requests;
• Advise DSO and HCDS staff on matters related to academic requirements, procedures and processes as they relate to the accommodation process;
• Where appropriate, provide academic-related advice to the DSO and HCDS when confronted with complex accommodation requests for the purposes of ensuring that academic integrity is preserved.  

Membership 2012-2013:

Student Affairs	Ann Tierney (chair)
HCDS	Mike Condra Jeanette Parsons
Faculty of Arts and Science	John Pierce
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science	Lynann Clapham
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Law	Helen Connop
Faculty of Health Sciences	Leslie Flynn
Queen's School of Business	Mandy Daniel
School of Graduate Studies	Sandra den Otter
OUR Exams Office	Jo Brett
Human Rights/Equity Office	Irene Bujara
AMS	Doug Johnson
SGPS	Robin Westland

Reference documents:

• Accommodations Policy for Graduate Students with Disabilities, Queen's School of Graduate Studies, March 2012

• An overview of Accommodation Services at Queen's, Dr. Mike Condra, Director, HCDS, December 2012

• Identifying Essential Requirements: A Guide for University Disability Services Professionals, Inter-University Disability Issues Association (IDIA), 2012

• Principal's Commission on Mental Health Final Report  (see section 1.1 at page 14), November 2012

• Queen's Disability Services Office (DSO) documentation requirements for ADHD and learning disabilities 

• Queen's Policy Concerning Students with Disabilities (Senate), 1996

• The Opportunity to Succeed: Achieving Barrier-free Education for Students with Disabilities, Ontario Human Rights Commission