ADA requests

Request for Examination Accommodations

Instructions

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), upon request, will approve reasonable accommodations in its examination procedures. Candidates with disabilities may request consideration for alterations in examination format or presentation to accommodate a disability that would impede performance on an examination. Accommodations can be made only if they will not alter the measurement of the skills or knowledge the examination is intended to test.


To request accommodations for an ABEM exam, the candidate must complete the following form and submit the following documentation:


1. Signed, current documentation of the disability by a qualified professional. The documentation must be based on professional testing which was performed by a qualified professional. What constitutes current documentation will vary with the specific disability, but will generally have been completed less than five years previous to the request to ABEM. Documentation must include all of the following:

  • The name of the specific disability diagnosed;
  • The specific limitations that the disability imposes on test taking;
  • The specific examination accommodations that are requested to compensate for those limitations;
  • Contact information including address, telephone number, and/or email address of each professional providing documentation.


2. A detailed description of the cognitive functioning tests that were conducted and the results of those tests if the disability is due to cognitive impairment.


3. A detailed description of the psychological, educational, and/or cognitive functioning tests that were conducted and the results of those tests; and a history of the impact of the disability on academic functioning if the disability is due to a learning disability or attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADD or ADHD).


4. Evidence of previous test accommodations, if any, in the form of an official statement from the organization granting the accommodations. If previous accommodations have not been granted, an explanation should be given as to why accommodations were not provided in the past but are needed now.


Any requests for alteration in the usual examination procedures, and required supporting documentation, must be submitted to the ABEM office a minimum of 8 weeks prior to an exam. ABEM's Policy on Americans with Disabilities Act may be found at: https://www.abem.org/public/docs/default-source/policies-faqs/Policy-on-Americans-with-Disabilities-Act.pdf.

Please choose the examination for which you are requesting an accommodation.

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Please detail the specific accommodations requested.

Please check this box if the requested accommodations have previously been approved by ABEM.

Enter the name of the disability or condition for which the accommodations are intended to facilitate.

Documentation that is text only may be pasted into this field to support your accommodations request.

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