It's easy! Go to our website and fill out an application. Please note that there are two types of applications: Academic Accommodation Application and Housing/Dining Accommodation Application. Once you have completed an application, you will be assigned a disability resource coordinator.
We are located in Knight Hall, Room 109.
No. Once you are registered with our office, all you will need to do each semester is go into the AIM portal and request your accommodations. If you need to make changes to your accommodations, you will schedule a meeting with your assigned coordinator.
No, accommodations do not roll over each semester. If you are registered with our office, you will need to log into the AIM portal each semester to request your accommodations.
Yes! Graduate students are able to request accommodations for courses through our office.
No, IEP and 504 plans do not "transfer." They can be helpful in starting the conversation with our office and a Disability Resource Coordinator. We can review these plans to help inform the conversation and determine reasonable accommodations for your time here at UW.
It depends. You will first need to register with the DSS office. Once you register, you will be assigned a Disability Resource Coordinator. You will meet with them to discuss potential accommodations for your time at UW.
Yes. However, each semester you must first request your accommodations via the AIM portal. You do so specific to each course. Then your assigned coordinator will send the notifications to your instructors informing them of the accommodations that you requested and are eligible for.
That is completely up to you! While it is not required that you disclose your disability to faculty members, it can be helpful to have a conversation with them about how your accommodations will work in each of your courses.
UW provides equal access to qualified students with disabilities through reasonable accommodations. A reasonable accommodatioon is a necessary adjustment to a program, course, or environment that gives a qualified student with a documented disability an equal opportunity to access education, without fundamentally altering essential academic requirements or causing undue hardship to the institution.
It depends. Our office is more than happy to help you get started with the accommodation process, which includes registering with our office and meeting with a coordinator. When you meet with a coordinator, you will be able to discuss the barriers you may face, potential accommodations to help with some of those barriers, and the types of documentation that may be needed to move forward in the process.
