Information for Prospective Students and Incoming First-Year Students

Thank you for considering Miami University as your choice in academic excellence. As you prepare to transition from high school and the K-12 setting, you will be exposed to many new faces, friends, environments, and processes.

In order to receive accommodations in the postsecondary setting, you will be required to provide documentation of your disability, meet with a learning specialist/coordinator to discuss your disability, documentation, and how your disability affects you in the academic setting. Once you establish eligibility with the Rinella Learning Center’s Office of Learning Disabilities Services (OLDS), you must request your accommodations every semester. While many of the accommodations you have previously received may be somewhat the same, there may be some accommodations that not provided in the same format or venue you have become accustomed to if at all.

To gain a better understanding of what you should expect as you make the transition and to ensure you have the information needed to advocate for yourself, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s “Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities” at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html.