Accommodations
Students with disabilities who feel they would benefit from accommodations should connect with Student Accessibility Services (SAS). SAS may be able to assist you in receiving Academic and Campus Experience accommodations as well as University Housing & Dining accommodations. SAS utilizes the software management system, Accommodate, to house applications, documentation, and accommodation letters.
What are Accommodations?
An accommodation is an alteration to the academic environment to ensure students with disabilities have equitable access to course materials, information, activities, programs, and campus facilities.
Examples include (but are not limited to):
- Digital/Audio Textbooks
- Extended Testing Time
- PowerPoints Prior to Class
- Tests Read Aloud
- Individual Setting for Exams
- Recorded Lectures
- Assistive Technology
Who is Eligible for Accommodations?
Any and all UNI students with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities are encouraged to reach out and connect with our office
Examples include (but are not limited to):
- Epilepsy
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- Learning Disability
- Cancer
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Applying for Accommodations
Students begin the accommodations process by submitting an Accessibility Accommodation Request and uploading documentation through the SAS website.
Log into Accommodate utilizing your UNI CatID to complete the request and upload documentation.
- For detailed instructions on how to submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request, please refer to the following link.
- For guidance on the documentation required, review our Documentation Guidance.
- If it is difficult for you to obtain medical documentation, please know that this should not be a cause to delay reaching out to our office. Contact us and we will work with you.
Students must schedule an initial appointment with SAS to complete their application process.
- Request an appointment through Accommodate.
- If you have difficulty accessing Accommodate, please contact Student Accessibility Services.
- Students attend their initial meeting with SAS staff to discuss their disability, related documentation, and the accommodation(s) that would best address those barriers.
In follow up to the initial appointment, students will receive a letter via email that outlines their accommodations or further guidance from SAS.
- If you are approved for Academic and Campus Experience accommodations, both you and your faculty will receive the email with your approved accommodations.
- If you are approved for University Housing & Dining accommodations, both you and the Assistant Director of Administrative Services for University Housing & Dining will receive the email with your approved accommodations.
- If you are not approved for accommodations at this time, you will receive further guidance from SAS.
Students begin the accommodations process by submitting an Accessibility Accommodation Request and uploading documentation through the SAS website.
Log into Accommodate utilizing your UNI CatID to complete the request and upload documentation.
- For detailed instructions on how to submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request, please refer to the following link.
- For guidance on the documentation required, review our Documentation Guidance.
- If it is difficult for you to obtain medical documentation, please know that this should not be a cause to delay reaching out to our office. Contact us and we will work with you.
Students must schedule an initial appointment with SAS to complete their application process.
- Request an appointment through Accommodate.
- If you have difficulty accessing Accommodate, please contact Student Accessibility Services.
- Students attend their initial meeting with SAS staff to discuss their disability, related documentation, and the accommodation(s) that would best address those barriers.
In follow up to the initial appointment, students will receive a letter via email that outlines their accommodations or further guidance from SAS.
- If you are approved for Academic and Campus Experience accommodations, both you and your faculty will receive the email with your approved accommodations.
- If you are approved for University Housing & Dining accommodations, both you and the Assistant Director of Administrative Services for University Housing & Dining will receive the email with your approved accommodations.
- If you are not approved for accommodations at this time, you will receive further guidance from SAS.