Candidate Disability Accommodations

• The ADA defines a person with a disability as someone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as walking, standing, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, or working.
• The purpose of accommodations is to provide equal access to ABOG examinations for all individuals.
• Accommodations offset the identified functional limitation so that the impact of impairment is minimized by means of an auxiliary aid or an adjustment to the testing procedure. Functional limitation refers to the aspects of a disability that interfere with an individual's ability to function in some capacity on a regular and continuing basis.
• ABOG shall not exclude any candidate from examination solely because of a disability if ABOG is provided with notice of the disability in time to permit ABOG to make such adjustments in the examination as are reasonably necessary to accommodate the disability.

Candidates must indicate if special testing accommodations under the ADA are needed no later than the close of the application period. Requests must be submitted in writing and provide sufficient documentation to permit ABOG to verify the existence, nature, and extent of the disability.

For Qualifying and Certifying Exams: Email initialcert@abog.org with accommodation requests or with any questions.

For MOC Part III, Re-Entry and Focused Practice Exams: Email continuingcert@abog.org with accommodation requests or with any questions.

• Accommodations will only be considered with appropriate documentation and according to the timing outlines above under Notification Requirements.
• Your documentation must specify the requirements or accommodations determined to be necessary to overcome or compensate for the disability.
• In addition, you must supply any additional information ABOG may subsequently request in a timely manner.
• The purpose of documentation is to validate that an applicant for test accommodations is a disabled individual as defined by the ADA to provide guidance in determining effective accommodations.
• Comprehensive information by a qualified professional is necessary to allow ABOG to understand the nature and extent of the disability and the resulting functional impairment that limits access to its examinations. It is essential that your documentation provides clear explanation of the functional impairment and a rationale for the requested accommodation.

• You will be offered an accommodation that would compromise the examination's ability to accurately test the skills and knowledge it is designed to measure and no auxiliary aid or service will be provided that will fundamentally alter the examination or will result in an undue burden to ABOG.
• If any of the requirements cannot reasonably be provided, ABOG will notify you and indicate those alternative accommodations that ABOG determines to be appropriate in consideration of the disability claimed and documented and the integrity of the examination.

If you fail to notify ABOG of a disability by the deadlines given above and fail to achieve a passing grade, you may not appeal the results of the exam. You're entitled to sit for the next regularly scheduled exam, but must pay new application and exam fees and must meet current year exam requirements.