Student Handbook

This handbook will explain how to request accommodations and access services at the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD), as well as support services offered by other University programs. This handbook serves as a guide to help locate specific services, but is in no way intended to substitute for the personal guidance available to you from the Center.

Table of Contents

Policies and Procedures regarding Students with Disabilities

• Philosophy and Mission Statement
• Preamble
• Accessibility: The Key to Equal Opportunity
• University Disability Contact Personnel
• Student Rights and Responsibilities
• Institutional Rights and Responsibilities
• The Accommodations Process
• Procedures for Accessing Services at the Storrs Campus
• Procedures for Accessing Services at other Campuses
• Specific Policies
• Policy on Confidentiality
• Eligibility for Financial Aid
• Undergraduate Eligibility for Dean's List Status
• Policy on Academic Adjustments for Quantitative Reasoning and/or Second Language
• Policy on Service Animals
• Policy on Providing Information in Alternate Formats
• Academic Accommodations Advisory Panel
• Discrimination Complaint Procedures

Accommodations & Services

• Academic Accommodations
• Alternate formats for Printed Materials
• Assistive listening devices
• Assistive Technology
• Computer-assisted real time translation (CART)
• Information regarding class attendance
• Laboratory assistants
• Notetaking assistance
• Oral and sign language interpreters
• Priority registration
• Reduced courseload
• Testing accommodations
• Residential Accommodations & Information
  • Emergency Evacuation
  • Housing Accommodations
  • Meal plan accommodations
• Services
• Academic Advising and Registration Assistance
• Academic Skills Counseling
• Accessible Van Service
• Parking Information
• Peer Education
• Personal Assistant Referral and Training
• Pre-Admission Counseling & New Student Orientation
• Building Accessibility

University Support Services

• Academic Center for Exploratory Students
• Calculus Center
• Career Services
• Center for Health Promotion
• Counseling and Mental Health Services
• Dean of Students Office
• First Year Experience Programs
• Library Services
• Nayden Rehabilitation Clinic
• Office of Diversity and Equity
• Psychological Services Clinic
• Q Center
• Senior Year Experience Program
• Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Student Health Services
• Writing Center