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OSAP Disability Verification Form 2026-27 (Public)

Ontario's student aid program uses this form to confirm that a student at a public postsecondary school in Ontario has a permanent disability or a persistent or prolonged disability. You complete Section B when the student asks, normally once in their studies. Verification can change the student's OSAP rules, such as allowing a reduced course load, and lets them apply for the BSWD and CSG-DSE disability grants.

Who completes it

A physician, nurse practitioner or other regulated health care professional whose scope of practice includes diagnosing completes all of Section B, Parts 1 to 6. The student completes Section A: their details, the required consents and an optional consent to share the information with the school's accessibility services office.

How to fill it in

Section A: Student information, consents and declarations

The student enters their school, Social Insurance Number, student number, Ontario Education Number if assigned, and contact details, then signs Part 1, the required consents. These authorize you to release the requested health information to the ministry and the school, and allow either to contact you if your answers are unclear or illegible, limited to this form. Part 2 is an optional consent to share the disability information with the school's accessibility services office. The student then sends you all pages of Section B.

Section B: Verification of patient's disability

Enter the patient's first name, last name and date of birth. Eligibility depends partly on whether the disability meets the federal definitions of permanent or persistent or prolonged disability and causes functional limitations that restrict the daily activities needed for postsecondary study. Write clear statements about the nature of the disability, the functional limitations and the educational barriers. If you need more room, continue on your official letterhead and attach it. Every question and field in Parts 1 to 6 must be answered.

Part 1: Physician or regulated health care professional information

Give your name, telephone number and specialty, and tick every provider type that applies, from audiologist or speech-language pathologist to family physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or rheumatologist. The chart below needs your Canadian provincial or territorial licence number and address, plus your office stamp. If you have no stamp, sign your letterhead and attach it. OSAP will not accept the form if this chart is incomplete and there is no stamp or signed letterhead.

Part 2: Patient's disability status

Answer two Yes/No questions. A permanent disability is any physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment, or functional limitation, that restricts the daily activities needed to study at a postsecondary level or take part in the labour force and is expected to remain for the student's expected life. A persistent or prolonged disability causes the same restriction and has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months, but is not expected to be lifelong.

Part 3: Nature of patient's disability

Tick every category that applies: acquired brain injury, ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, chronic health or medical disability, deafened, deaf or hard of hearing, functional or mobility impairment, learning disability, mental health impairment, visual impairment, or another disability you specify without vague terms. For a learning disability, say whether a registered psychologist, psychological associate or neuropsychologist has done a psycho-educational assessment, give the date of the most recent one, and state whether it confirmed a learning disability.

Part 4: Mobility/movement and/or sensory impacts

Tick each impact that applies: ambulation, standing, sitting, stair climbing, lifting, carrying or reaching, grasping, gripping or dexterity, low vision after correction, legal blindness, hearing loss, or other sensory impacts you specify. Then describe the impacts in the box, tied to the educational barriers they create. If there are none, tick "No mobility/movement or sensory impacts" instead of leaving the part empty, because a blank field means the student will not be considered disabled for OSAP purposes.

Part 5: Cognitive and/or behavioural impacts

Tick each cognitive or behavioural impact: attention and concentration, memory, verbal or written information processing, stress management, communication, organization and time management, social interactions, or other. Describe the impacts in the box, or tick "No cognitive or behavioural impacts" when none apply. If the student signed the optional Part 2 consent in Section A, the school's accessibility services office can use this information when discussing supports, services and accommodations with them.

Part 6: Declaration of physician or regulated health care professional

Sign and date to certify that the information is accurate and, if you answered Yes in Part 2, that the student experiences the functional limitations and educational barriers indicated. On a fillable copy, add your signature with the Fill & Sign feature or a Digital ID in Adobe Reader or another PDF program. Return the form and any letterhead pages to the student, who is responsible for submitting it.

Common mistakes

  • Leaving any question or field in Section B blank: the form states the student will then not be considered to have a permanent or persistent or prolonged disability.
  • Returning the form without an office stamp or signed, attached letterhead, or with the licence chart in Part 1 incomplete; OSAP says it will not be accepted.
  • Vague wording such as "suggests", "is indicative of" or "undisclosed" in place of clear statements about the disability, functional limitations and educational barriers.
  • Offering an Individual Education Plan as proof of a learning disability; it isn't accepted, and an outdated or missing psycho-educational assessment may lead to requests for more documentation.
  • Answering No to both Part 2 questions but not signing Part 6; Parts 1, 2 and 6 must be complete before the form goes back to the student.

Submitting and payment

How to submit it
Return the completed form and any attachments to the student, who uploads it with "Print or upload documents" in their OSAP account or sends it to the school's financial aid office. It must be received no later than 40 days before the end of the study period, or 5 days after it ends for micro-credential applicants.
Who pays
The 2026-27 form sets no fee and lists no billing code; the 2024-25 edition told students their health care provider may charge a fee for completing it, which the student is responsible for paying.

Good to know

  • Verified students can be treated as full-time with 40% of a full course load instead of 60%, and are exempt from OSAP's "periods of study plus one" time limit.
  • The BSWD/CSG-DSE can fund a psycho-educational assessment needed to verify functional limitations, but not one performed more than 6 months before the study period begins.
  • Students at an Ontario private school or an OSAP-approved school outside Ontario need the private-institution edition, which adds a part for recommended accommodations and supports.
  • OSAP issues a new edition each academic year; the current public-institution edition is dated March 13, 2026 and covers both OSAP and the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant.

Get the official form

Download the current version from the source each time; forms change without notice.

2026-27 OSAP Disability Verification Form: Students Attending Ontario Public Postsecondary Institutions

RAFEO 2026-2027 - Formulaire de vérification de l'invalidité : Étudiants qui fréquentent des établissements d'études postsecondaires publics de l'Ontario

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Frequently asked questions

Who can sign the OSAP Disability Verification Form?

A physician, nurse practitioner or other regulated health care professional whose scope of practice includes diagnosing. Part 1 lists audiologists and speech-language pathologists, chiropractors, neurologists, occupational therapists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, family physicians, psychiatrists, other physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, psychological associates, neuropsychologists and rheumatologists. Your licence number and an office stamp or signed letterhead are required.

Does a student need a new OSAP disability form every year?

Normally not: the form says students usually need it completed only once. When applying for the BSWD/CSG-DSE in a later year, a student whose persistent or prolonged disability was already verified attests that the same disability and limitations continue. Students whose permanent disability was verified before 2018-19 don't need the form for those grants, but do need documentation linking their limitations to the requested services.

What if the student doesn't meet either disability definition?

Answer No to both questions in Part 2. You may then skip Parts 3 to 5 and go straight to the Part 6 declaration, but Parts 1, 2 and 6 must be complete before you return the form. The student will not be considered to have a permanent or a persistent or prolonged disability for OSAP or Ontario Learn and Stay Grant purposes.

When is the OSAP Disability Verification Form due?

For full-time, part-time and Ontario Learn and Stay Grant applicants, the financial aid office must receive it no later than 40 days before the end of the study period. Micro-credential applicants have until 5 days after the study period ends. The separate BSWD/CSG-DSE grant application is due earlier, 60 days before the end of the study period.