{"id":26,"date":"2019-07-26T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:57:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:57:42","slug":"housing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/accommodations\/housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Request a Housing Accommodation<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/shasta.accessiblelearning.com\/s-Furman\/ApplicationStudent.aspx\">SOAR Student Application<\/a> to request accommodations.<\/li>\n<li>Submit documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong>\u00a0Please note that you should not delay meeting with us out of concern for not having the right paperwork. We will discuss specific third-party documentation needs during the Welcome Meeting and steps you can take after the meeting. Our first priority is meeting with you, not reviewing the paperwork. Please email SOAR@furman.edu if you would like to schedule a meeting prior to submitting documentation.<\/p>\n<h3>Guidelines for Documentation<\/h3>\n<p>Students who wish to request a housing accommodation should have their physician or treating professional submit a letter containing the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient&#8217;s diagnosis\/disability<\/li>\n<li>How long you have known the patient<\/li>\n<li>Methods of evaluation used in making the diagnosis<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms and effects of the diagnosis\/disability<\/li>\n<li>Type of housing accommodation being recommended<\/li>\n<li>Rationale: How will the requested accommodation(s) alleviate the symptoms or effects of the diagnosis\/disability?<\/li>\n<li>The level of need for the requested accommodation and the anticipated consequences of not receiving the requested accommodation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The letter should be on letterhead, dated and signed by the physician.<\/p>\n<p>Students who wish to request an assistance animal as an accommodation should have their treating professional thoroughly complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2023\/09\/Updated3-Furman-University-Assistance-Animal-Verification-Form-1.pdf\">Assistance Animal Verification Form<\/a>. Please be sure to review <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.furman.edu\/content.php?catoid=20&amp;navoid=1031#service_assist\">Furman University&#8217;s\u200b Animal Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All documentation should be uploaded to <a href=\"https:\/\/shasta.accessiblelearning.com\/s-Furman\/ApplicationStudent.aspx\">SOAR Student Application<\/a> or sent to:<\/p>\n<p>Student Office for Accessibility Resources<br \/>\nFurman University<br \/>\n3300 Poinsett Highway<br \/>\nGreenville, SC 29613<br \/>\nFax: 864.294.3044<br \/>\nEmail: SOAR@furman.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Request a Housing Accommodation Complete the SOAR Student Application to request accommodations. Submit documentation. IMPORTANT:\u00a0Please note that you should not delay meeting with us out of concern for not having the right paperwork. We will discuss specific third-party documentation needs during the Welcome Meeting and steps you can take after the meeting. Our first priority [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271,"parent":11,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}