Getting Started
Disability Services reviews requests for accommodations for academics, housing, and pregnancy.
Process for Accommodations
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Amendments Act of 2008 require that universities provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in order to ensure equal access to all academic and co-curricular programs and services.
Disability Services will provide reasonable, appropriate, and effective support services or accommodations that allow the student to have equal access to the academic and on-campus housing environments. To request accommodations, please follow these steps:
- Contact Disability Services as soon as possible to discuss your individual needs. Disability Services will work with you to determine reasonable accommodations for each course and other campus areas, such as housing.
Accommodations are requested each semester of attendance, are dependent on the functional limitations experienced as a result of the disability, and confirmed through a review official documentation of your disability, and your participation in the interactive process of requesting accommodations.
Disability Services does not provide documentation evaluation or assessment of disabilities, nor does it provide personal services such as homework support, typing services, tutorial supports, personal care attendants, or individually prescribed devices. We can make referrals to local resources.
- Once accommodations are established, a notification letter outlining them for the student will be sent to the student and the appropriate on-campus contact. The documented disability will be kept confidential.
Example Accommodations Available with Supporting Documentation
- Testing adjustments (e.g., extended time, reduced distraction environment, and/or access to adaptive software as needed)
- Alternate Format Materials (e.g., book and other course materials in large print, Braille, audio tape, digital audio, electronic text, etc.)
- Assistive technology (e.g., computer equipment, recording devices, assistive listening devices, etc.)
- On-campus UAS Housing (e.g., single-room, emotional support animals)
- American Sign Language interpreters
- Scribe and Reader services
- Note-taking assistance
This list is not exhaustive: Students interested in receiving accommodations should make an appointment to discuss their individual needs.
General Services Available to all Students who Experience Disabilities
- Coordinate with other agencies such as the Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Veterans’ Affairs
- Faculty notification (only with the student’s permission)
- References to reading materials on disabilities
- Academic adjustments