ODS DISABILITY-RELATED HOUSING REQUEST FORM

As stated in the Barnard catalogue, housing options for Barnard students include traditional dormitories, suite arrangements, and apartments in College-owned buildings adjacent to the campus. All resident Barnard students are expected to follow housing policies and procedures developed by the Office of Student Life. Incoming disabled and non-disabled first-year students are required to live in multiple rooms in traditional corridor-type dormitories; roommate selection is based on individual questionnaires distributed to all first-year students during the summer prior to their fall admission. Transfer students are housed based on availability, and are traditionally placed in multiple rooms.

For students who need wheelchair-accessible housing, there are two options. Rooms on the fifth and sixth floors of Hewitt have been modified as suites of two single rooms with an adjoining bath with roll-in shower facilities. In Sulzberger Hall, there are modified spaces available as corridor-style doubles for first-year students and in tower suites for students in the upper classes. Communal baths have accessible fixtures and roll-in showers.

Students who are not wheelchair-users but require some type of specialized housing related to disability (additional space for medical equipment, access to private bath, proximity to cafeteria, etc.) may also apply for these spaces. However, disabled students who are not wheelchair users may be relocated if necessary in the event that a wheelchair user needs an accessible room.

A limited number of accessible spaces are available. The following steps should be completed in order:

1. Submit your own brief written explanation of your particular disability and why it requires some form of disability-related housing consideration. Students should email statement to squinby@barnard.edu and ods@barnard.edu.

2. Fax/deliver clinician’s letter (212/854-4634/fax) certifying the disability and reasons for needing disability-related housing accommodations. Please remember that the clinician should have seen the student at least once in the last calendar year. Family members may not write clinician letter.

3. Schedule a brief interview with Susan Quinby to discuss housing needs. Telephone interviews may be arranged if travel problems arise by calling 212/854-4634 (voice/TTY) for a telephone appointment.

4. Call Ann Aversa, Housing Director (212/854-5561) for applicable deadlines. Applications not completed by housing deadlines will not be accepted or considered.

Address your requests to: Office of Disability Services, 105 Hewitt

Barnard College

3009 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

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