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About the Office
Disability Services (DS) is the University at Buffalo's center for coordinating services and accommodations to ensure accessibility and usability of all programs, services, and activities of the university by people with disabilities-and is a resource for information and advocacy toward their full participation in all aspects of campus life. DS collaborates with the entire campus community to provide services in the most integrated setting appropriate to the access needs of the individual.
Mission
Disability Services is the University at Buffalo's coordinating center for equality of opportunity in education, campus life, and university employment for qualified individuals with disabilities. We support individual consumer choice and independence through informed self-advocacy and legislatively-ensured civil rights. We believe that planned, persistent removal of architectural and attitudinal barriers is requisite to educational leadership. In higher education we place hope that members of society will learn to value, design, and manage accessible, usable environments.
Who should use our services
Students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors with disabilities should contact Disability Services as needed to request reasonable accommodation to participate in and benefit from any program, service, or activity of the university. Depending on the type of the consumer's impairment, medical or psychological documentation may be required for academic or employment accommodation.
Legal Basis
The University at Buffalo is subject to the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Titles I and II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) regarding academic adjustments, including auxiliary aids for testing and other course activities, to qualified University students with disabilities. Individuals with complaints regarding denials of academic adjustments and auxiliary aids should contact the Equity, Diversity & Affirmative Action Administration Office at 645-2266.
Where to Find Us
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Disability Services is located on the ground floor in Room 25 of Capen Hall on the North Campus. Capen Hall is located adjacent to Flint Loop. You may enter the building from the Flint Loop entrance, adjacent the Undergraduate Library, take the stairs or elevator down one level to the Ground Floor. Turn left out of the elevator and proceed through the lobby area, then make one more turn to the left. You will find Disability Services just down the corridor on your left. You may also enter the building from the Hamilton Loop side and proceed across the lobby, then down the corridor leading from the right side of the lobby. Disability Services is on the left side of the corridor.
