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This form is for use by any incoming or existing student including program applicants to connect with ARS for accommodations and for existing students already connected with ARS with accommodations to seek additional or modified accommodations.

Please note:

  • If you have one, we will use your UNC email address to communicate with you. Please add ars@unc.edu to your 'safe sender' list.
  • If you have any questions or concerns about the accommodation request process please refer to our policies or ccontact us by email ars@unc.edu or using our Zoom Office Hours.
  • Pay particular attention to any subsequent email as it will contain very specific instructions about what steps you must take to progress your accommodations request.
  • If you need guidance concerning documentation or are making an ESA request please refer to the Documentation Guidelines, plus Information applicable to ESA Accommodation Requests
  • As a reminder, accommodations cannot be provided retroactively and to provide an opportunity for the application of a fair process, students must submit the self-id and documentation described in the applicable Policy on Student and Applicant Accommodations at least 14 calendar days in advance of them being implemented or needed.
  • The submission of the Self-Identification form and documentation does not, in itself, guarantee the provision of the accommodations requested as these are determined on a case-by-case basis and based upon our understanding of the impacts/functional limitations you are experiencing as evidenced in the documentation available and the reasonableness of the modifications requested, including whether the modification(s) requested is possible, plausible, whether it may result in a fundamental alteration and whether it may pose a direct threat to self or others.
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Self Identification Form and Documentation Upload
Documentation Upload

If you are not able to upload documentation using the links below, please forward by email it to ars@unc.edu. Alternatively, you can fax it to 919-843-5609. Please be sure to include your PID in the subject line or cover sheet.

* Please note - verifiable documentation (on a letter head with contact information) from an appropriate third-party (i.e. a treating medical provider or evaluator and including any professional and/or state registration or licensing credentials) should be submitted to support the accommodation(s) request. Click 'Choose file', browse to the documentation file you wish to attach, select it AND then click 'Upload'. You are welcome to submit additional documentation if it adds to the Accommodations and Modifications Committee's understanding of your accommodation needs. The submission of this Self-ID form without documentation or without a thorough response to all parts of this form will slow down the accommodation determination process, unless you are already registered with ARS and are requesting the Accommodations and Modifications Committee to consider additional or alternative accommodations.
This is your unique ID number on your One Card and consists of 9 digits - leave blank if a PID has not been assigned
Your program:
Examples: Economics, Business, Nursing, Anthropology, etc.
Disability or medical condition
Please use this box to tell us how the diagnosed disability / medical condition described is impacting you or will impact you at UNC - CH and how the accommodation(s) requested will address these impact; please be as detailed and specific as possible. Please consider skills such as reading, writing, paying attention, mathematics, etc., describe (be specific) the current (or recent) impact of your disability / medical condition in both of the following areas: a. In Class - lectures, labs, test-taking, presentations, group-work, fieldwork etc. b. Out of Class - private study, time management, homework, daily living and accommodation / residence needs, getting around etc.
Please note that for housing accommodations, you must also complete a Housing Request - https://housing.unc.edu and adhere to their deadlines. Requests for housing accommodations received after the applicable deadline(s) will be considered in so far as it is possible but our capacity to grant reasonable accommodations will be severely impacted by availability. In addition, please note that housing accommodations cannot be extended to existing roommates or potential roommates; housing accommodations are assigned to a qualified individual only.
Please use this box to tell us about Accommodations / Resources / Services you think you will need and how these will address the issues you have identified above.
As per the Policy on Student and Applicant Accommodations - Students may use the Self-Identification Form and submit documentation at any time to initiate the registration process and to request accommodations, but accommodations cannot be provided retroactively. For example, ARS generally cannot provide accommodations for an examination if a student requests accommodations only after the student takes the examination (e.g., via a determination of grade change or other retroactive change). In addition, students must submit this Self-ID form and all necessary documentation least 14 calendar days prior to the start of the course or the exam for which the student seeks accommodations.
Undertaking

By providing my UNC PID and ONYEN below I affirm that I am electronically signing this document and that by doing so, I acknowledge that: (1) only I, the student or applicant, have filled out this form; (2) this application will not be processed until pertinent documentation of disability has also been provided; (3) the Accommodations and Modifications Committee will consider the accommodations as requested on this form; (4) I authorize the Accommodations and Modifications Committee and individuals providing information in my disability-related documentation to consult as part of the review process; (5) accommodations, if rendered, may not be the same as those I received in high school or at another institution, and will not apply retroactively; (6) the accommodation determination process will take up to 14 days; (7) deadlines are applicable after which accommodation requests in relation to Final examinations cannot be processed.