To receive accommodations or services, first you must register with ACCESS. To register, you must do the following:

Fill out our Accessibility Application on the Student Health Portal. - click here for application

• You will use your Mercy credentials to log in
• Click on the “Accommodations” option in the blue banner to find the link to the Accommodations Application.

Submit supporting documentation to the Student Health Portal.

• In the blue banner, click on “Document Upload.”
• Document type is “ACCESSibility Documentation"
• For information on criteria for documentation, please review our Documentation Guidelines- click here for documentation guidelines  

Meet with the Mercy ACCESSibility team to discuss your needs. A staff member will contact you in approximately 1 week to set-up a meeting. You will hear from either…

• Sara Venezian- Director of ACCESSibility
• Christina Locario-ACCESSibility Specialist

We also recommend that you review our  Student Welcome Packet

After registering with ACCESS, you will get a form called an Accommodation Memo.  The memo informs your professors that you are registered with ACCESS and lists your accommodations.  It does NOT mention the specific disability, and you are not obligated to disclose that information to your professor.

Accommodation Memos are semester specific and are only valid for the term that it was issued. To activate your accommodations each semester, you must request a new Accommodation Memo from ACCESS.

Don't forget to present an updated memo to your professors EACH academic term.  You should do this within the first 1-2 weeks of the academic term.

Have your professor review the memo and sign at the bottom. Once you have your signed memos, you can scan and email them to accessibility@mercy.edu