Accessibility vs. Accommodation

SAS works toward an inclusive, universally accessible community. Issues related to Accessible Instructional Materials (e.g., videos, pdfs, lectures), classroom access (e.g., building, room, seating), and communication (e.g., interpreter/CART) are addressed ongoing with a specific focus on identified student needs in order to create access. These efforts provide access, rather than accommodation, and are separate from the student accommodation letter. No accommodation letter is necessary to address these needs.

An accommodation letter, which the student initiates and provides directly to instructors, identifies the classroom accommodations to be provided that generally are only done on the basis of “disability” and once the letter is received.