Current & Prospective Students
Disabilities Served
The University of Utah is committed to providing accommodations to students whose disabilities may limit their ability to function in the academic setting. These disabilities may include but are not limited to:
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Chronic Illness
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Learning Disabilities
- Mobility Impairments
- Psychological or Psychiatric Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Disabilities
- Other Disabilities
For more information, please visit the Disablity Info page.
Services
Depending on the disability, The Center for Disability Services has the ability to provide the following services:
- Assistance with admissions, registration, or graduation
- Orientation to the campus
- Arrange for classroom accessibility
- Scholarship information
- Referrals to campus and community services
- Guidelines for obtaining CDS services
- General and academic advising related to disability
- Investigation of academic strengths and weaknesses
- Develop effective learning strategies
- Coordinate with academic and departmental advisors regarding program goals
- Coordinate reasonable accommodations of disability-related limitations with faculty and staff
- Liaison between student and faculty/staff
- Provide readers, scribes, or note takers
- Arrange for exam accommodations
- Provide interpreters or real time caption stenographers for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Provide training on the use adaptive computer technology
- Provide training for alternative format needs
- Provide some adaptive equipment for temporary use
If you are a student, prospective student, or parent of a student with a question regarding disabilities, please contact us.