The Technion believes in the right of people with disabilities to be full partners, and grants individual accommodations for students in accordance with the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law (accessibility accommodations for existing public places and services, which include institutions of higher education and the higher education services they provide), 2016 and the Law of Rights of Students with Learning Disabilities in Post-Secondary Education Institutions, 2008.
The Student Counseling and Support Center in the Office of the Dean of Students is solely responsible for the arrangement of these accommodations.
Students requesting to receive individual accessibility accommodations are required to complete an application form in accordance with their particular difficulty.
The forms will be forwarded to the Secretariat of the Student Counseling and Support Center in order to schedule a preliminary interview or counseling session with the relevant counselor, depending on the area of difficulty and the student’s faculty.
In order to enable the processing of applications and to receive accommodations for the requested semester, the application form must be submitted to the individual in charge of accommodations or the learning disability counselor in accordance with the dates posted by the Secretariat of Undergraduate Studies.
The forms will be forwarded to the Student Counseling and Support Center secretariat to schedule a preliminary interview or consultation meeting with a relevant advisor depending on the area of difficulty and the faculty.
It is recommended to contact the learning disabilities team before the diagnosis in order to check the need for a diagnosis before the implementation.
Students can submit application forms every semester until the third week of their studies. Applications for the spring semester will be accepted until May 4, 2023.
The application form must include*:
For requests on the basis of a learning disability or attention deficit disorder | For requests on the basis of a medical, physical, sensory, social or mental disability |
1. Diagnosis by the Institutes of Learning Abilities (MATAL) or an attention deficit diagnosis by the Cognitive Neurology Unit at Rambam Medical Center. | 1. Diagnosis by the Institutes of Learning Abilities (MATAL) or an attention deficit diagnosis by the Cognitive Neurology Unit at Rambam Medical Center. |
2. Waiver of Confidentiality Form (pdf) | 2. In the event that the request regards a permanent disability, you can include an assessment from a prior date indicating this. |
3. Waiver of Confidentiality Form (pdf) | |
4. Accomodations Requests (pdf) |
*The application form can include additional documents that support the applicant’s request.
*The Rambam diagnosis does not include an English language test and no recommendations will be given on this subject after it.
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- The counselor will examine the application and the attached documents, and will determine the accommodations to which the applicant is entitled.
- Accommodations are individualized and are provided in accordance with the student’s level of functioning, as documented.
- Accommodations will be provided in such a manner that it will not harm the essence of the higher education services that the institution provides; i.e., it will not compromise academic standards.
- Academic accommodations can be permanent, such that they remain for the duration of the student’s degree studies, or they may be limited by time or to a specific course. Decisions about accommodations will be made within 30 days of submission of the request form.
- Confirmation of the provision of accommodations will be sent via the Secretariat for Undergraduate Studies.
- If the student’s request for accommodations was not approved or an accommodation was approved that the student feels does not meet his needs, the student may appeal the decision. The appeal must be filed within 15 dates from the date on which the student was notified of the decision.
- Students can contact the person in charge of accommodations or the learning disabilities counselor for assistance in submitting the application for accommodations or the appeals request.
So that you submit the correct application form, please confirm your learning disability counselor for your faculty using the table below:
Faculty List | Counselor | Relevant Application Form |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Materials Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology Education, Aerospace Engineering, Architecture and Town Planning, and graduate degrees | Rosie Angel
Learning Disabilities Counselor |
Application form for receiving accommodations due to a learning disability and/or attention deficit disorder |
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Industry and Management, Mathematics, Chemical Engineering, Biology, and Medicine | Gil Berkowitz
Learning Disabilities Counselor |
Application form for receiving accommodations due to a learning disability and/or attention deficit disorder |
All faculties | Sigal Blum
Counselor for Students Coping with Disabilities |
Application form for receiving personal accommodations due to medical, physical, sensory, social, or mental impairments |
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