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P A R T II (co n t i nu ed) To s u ppo r t a r eq u es t fo r t es t acco mm oda t io n s , please s u b m i t t h e follo w i n g m a t e r ials : 1 . A co m p l e t e d AH I M A T e st Acco mm odat i o n R e q u e st Fo r m . 2 . A d e ta il e d , co m p r e h e n s i v e w r i tt e n r e po r t f r o m yo u r t r e at i n g p r of e ss i o n a l d e sc r i b i n g yo u r d i sab ili ty a n d i ts i m pact o n yo u r da il y f un ct i o n i n g . T h e r e po r t s h o u l d a l so e xp l a i n t h e n ee d fo r t h e r e q u e st e d acco mm odat i o n s r e l at i v e to yo u r i m pa i r me n t . T h e r e po r t a n d acco m pa n y i n g doc u me n tat i o n s h o u l d c l e a r l y stat e t h e fo ll ow i n g i n fo r m at i o n : A speci f ic , p r ofessio n ally r ecog n ized diag n osis of t h e d i sab ili ty u s i n g d i ag n ost i c cod e s f r o m t h e c u rr e n t e d i t i o n of t h e D i ag n ost i c a n d Stat i st i ca l M a nu a l of M e n ta l D i so r d e r s (DS M ) o r ot h e r p r of e ss i o n a ll y r e cog n i z e d fo r m u l at i o n . A desc r ip t io n of t h e f un c t io n al li m i t a t io n s r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e d i ag n os e d d i sab ili ty , i n c l u d i n g t h e i d e n t i f icat i o n of t h e m a j o r li f e act i v i ty t h at i s li m i t e d by t h e d i sab ili ty , a n d h ow t h at m a j o r li f e act i v i ty i s i m pact e d A desc r ip t io n of t h e speci f ic diag n os t ic c r i t e r ia a n d n a me s of t h e d i ag n ost i c t e sts u s e d , i n c l u d i n g dat e (s) of e va l u at i o n , sp e c i f ic t e st r e s u l ts a n d a d e ta il e d i n t e r p r e tat i o n of t h e t e st r e s u l ts . T h i s d e sc r i pt i o n s h o u l d i n c l u d e t h e r e s u l ts of d i ag n ost i c p r oc e d u r e s a n d t e sts u t ili z e d a n d s h o u l d i n c l u d e r e l e va n t e d u cat i o n a l , d e v e l op me n ta l , a n d me d i ca l h i sto r y . Speci f ic t es t r es u l t s u si n g s t a n da r d sco r es s h o u ld be r epo r t ed t o s u ppo r t t h e diag n osis . D i ag n ost i c me t h ods u s e d s h o u l d b e app r op r i at e to t h e d i sab ili ty a n d c u rr e n t p r of e ss i o n a l p r act i c e s w i t h i n t h e f i e l d . A ll sco r e s g e n e r at e d by e ac h t e st m u st b e r e po r t e d i n sta n da r d sco r e fo r m at u s i n g ad u l t ag e -bas e d n o r m s . A n y add i t i o n a l i n fo r m a l o r n o n sta n da r d i z e d e va l u at i o n p r oc e d u r e s s h o u l d b e d e sc r i b e d i n e n o u g h d e ta il t h at ot h e r p r of e ss i o n a l s co u l d un d e r sta n d t h e i r r o l e a n d s i g n i f ica n c e i n t h e d i ag n ost i c p r oc e ss . Copies of r eco r ds r e l at i n g to a n d doc u me n t i n g t h e ca n d i dat e ’ s d i sab ili ty , i n c l u d i n g e d u cat i o n a l , d e v e l op me n ta l , a n d/o r me d i ca l h i sto r y r e l e va n t to t h e d i sab ili ty fo r w h i c h t e st i n g acco mm odat i o n s a r e b e i n g r e q u e st e d . A r eco mm e n da t io n of speci f ic acco mm oda t io n s a n d/o r ass i st i v e d e v i c e s fo r t h e AH I M A e xa m i n at i o n i n c l u d i n g a d e ta il e d e xp l a n at i o n of w h y t h e s e acco mm odat i o n s o r d e v i c e s a r e n ee d e d a n d h ow t h e y w ill r e d u c e t h e i m pact of t h e i d e n t i f i e d f un ct i o n a l li m i tat i o n s . Ide n t i f ica t io n of t h e p r ofessio n al c r ede n t ials of t h e e va l u ato r t h at q u a li fy h i m / h e r to m ak e t h e pa r t i c u l a r d i ag n os i s , i n c l u d i n g i n fo r m at i o n abo u t li c e n s e o r c e r t i f icat i o n a n d sp e c i a li zat i o n i n t h e a r e a of t h e d i ag n os i s . T h e e va l u ato r s h o u l d p r e s e n t e v i d e n c e of co m p r e h e n s i v e t r a i n i n g a n d d i r e ct e xp e r i e n c e i n t h e d i ag n os i s a n d t r e at me n t of ad u l ts i n t h e sp e c i f ic a r e a of d i sab ili ty . If n o p r io r acco mm oda t io n s h ave bee n p r ovided , t h e q u ali f ied p r ofessio n al expe r t s h o u ld i n cl u de a de t ailed expla n a t io n as t o w h y n o acco mm oda t io n s w e r e give n i n t h e pas t a n d w h y acco mm oda t io n s a r e n eeded n o w . I f yo u h av e a n y q u e st i o n s o n t h e doc u me n tat i o n n ee d e d , p l e as e s ee t h e AH I M A Doc u me n tat i o n G u i d e li n e s at : h tp : / / ww w . a h i m a . o r g/ ~ / me d i a / AH I M A/F il e s / C e r t i f icat i o n / AH I M ADoc u me n tat i o n G u i d e li n e s_HR_0918 . as h x 3