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Accessibility Services, St. George Campus
What We Do
The role of Accessibility Services is to facilitate the inclusion of students with disabilities into all aspects of university life. Our focus is on skills development, especially in the areas of self-advocacy and academic skills.Services are provided to students with a documented disability. It can be physical, sensory, a learning disability, or a mental health disorder. Students with temporary disabilities (e.g. broken arm) are also eligible for the service.
Students first go through an intake interview to discuss their eligibility and needs. Where appropriate, students are referred to one of the Service's professionals (e.g. Adaptive Technologist Consultant, Learning Disability Specialist) to discuss strategies and determine accommodations. All discussions are kept confidential with AS and information is disclosed outside the Service only with permission of the student.
Services provided include:
- alternative test & examination arrangements
- authorization of test and exam accommodations coordinated by Test and Exam Services
- note-taking services
- sign language interpreters
- adaptive equipment & assistive devices
- alternative format for printed materials
- information & resource materials on health conditions & disability related issues
- liaison with academic & administrative units within the University & with off-campus agencies.
The offices also play an educational role, raising awareness of the needs of students with disabilities among students, staff and faculty at the University, and the wider community.
Accessibility Services
Robarts Library
130 St. George Street
1st Floor (ground entrance off St. George St.)
North end of building, next to ATRC
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H1
Telephone: 416-978-8060
TDD: 416-978-1902
Fax: 416-978-8246
Email: disability.services@utoronto.ca
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of information is the foundation of an effective service for students with disabilities. As well as a requirement by law, Accessibility Services believes that this practice generates a student's trust and confidence.Accessibility Services staff treat any information we learn about students in interviews and/or reports from other professionals as confidential. Only with the student's permission do we convey information about her/his disability with U of T staff members outside our service. The level of disclosure is on a need-to-know basis, meaning that not all information provided by a student to the service is shared with an individual faculty member or administrative staff member.
Accessibility Services encourages students to disclose their disability to instructors and discuss plans for accommodations. Our staff believes that a three-way partnership with the student, Accessibility Services and university staff (e.g. faculty registrars) paves the way for the best opportunity for a student to be successful in university. We believe that the three parties working together, in concert, promotes understanding and puts the students' educational experience on a more level playing field.
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