The documentation required to substantiate a brain injury will
vary according to the nature of the resulting limitations.
Sensory-Motor Disorders will require a report from a Neurologist
or other appropriate medical specialist accompanied by a letter
signed by the specialist detailing the impact of the limitations
on the student’s ability to participate in his/her postsecondary
program.
For those students whose brain injury resulted in psychological
or cognitive deficits, a thorough neuropsychological evaluation
is required. This evaluation should include, but not necessarily
be limited to, assessment of cognitive and psychological strengths
and limitations, readiness to participate in postsecondary educational
program, preferred learning style, interests and needs. It is also
helpful to have suggestions for academic accommodations.
In either case, the documentation must be current enough to represent
the individual’s current level of functioning including testing
done using adult norms. It also must include evidence that the impairment
is currently substantially limiting one or more major life activities.
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