Program eligibility

The Allowance for Special Needs Program is intended for you if you have a permanent disability resulting in significant and persistent impairment. This impairment cause to encounter major obstacles in pursuing studies.

It allows you to benefit from various types of assistance related to your disability (e.g. specialized services, paratransit services, housing allowance, material resources) that are necessary for pursuing your studies in:

• secondary school, in vocational training
• secondary school, in adult education
• college
• university

The Program awards you financial assistance only for the types of assistance that are not reimbursed under other programs.

To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee or protected person status.
• Be a person considered as a Québec resident.
• Be admitted to a recognized educational institution and study at the secondary school, vocational training, adult education, college or university level.
• Be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credits or 76 course hours per study period or term or a minimum of 20 course hours per month. If this is not the case, only specialized services and transcription in Braille will be reimbursed.
• Have a permanent disability resulting in significant and persistent impairment recognized by a physician.