Director's Note

Disability Services offers opportunity for faculty and staff just as much as it does for students with disabilities. Our mission and purpose is driven by principles of Universal Design and the Socio-political Model of disability (see Our Philosophy). While Disability Services supports faculty in accommodating current students with disabilities, we also provide support and consultation services to assure that curriculum, programs, and services are proactively accessible.

We are available to assist faculty in reviewing their curriculum and suggesting teaching strategies with the goal of creating a course that is more universally accessible, minimizing the need for individual accommodations and maintaining all essential academic elements.

Incorporating these principles into the design of a class enhances the accessibility of the curriculum to a variety of diverse learners: minority students, second-language learners, returning students, and students with disabilities.

We encourage you to review our new mission and philosophy and join us in our endeavors; creating usable, inclusive and sustainable learning environments.