Services for Students with Disabilities
Equal access
The Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office facilitates accommodations and services to students with disabilities that ensure equal access to university programs, services and activities.
UW-Eau Claire is committed to providing all students with accessible educational opportunities. UW-Eau Claire follows UW System Policy, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
Disability Awareness Month Faculty and Staff Recognition Reception
The Services for Students with Disabilities office has a history of giving awards that recognize deserving individuals and departments at UWEC who have reached out to students with disabilities in unique, caring, and creative ways. A recognition event to honor the award recipients is being planned for October during Disability Awareness Month, for Tuesday, October 29 at 1:00 pm in Centennial Hall Room 3314. In the past, the event lasted approximately 1 hour.
Please join us to hear from our students, honor our colleagues, and celebrate Disability Awareness Month!
Serving students with disabilities
The Services for Students with Disabilities office at UW-Eau Claire held a Faculty and Staff Recognition Reception Oct. 24 to honor several faculty and staff members for their service to students with disabilities.
Dedicated to student success
True grit Blugold
Maddy Mahoney refused to let bullies and high school teachers who failed to see her potential stand in the way of a great college career.
Rising above learning disability
The Power of AND in action
Pete Winslow realizes why people might stare when they see him for the first time. He looks different from most people, so it's only human nature to take a second look.
Can't stop himConfidentiality
Our office is bound by federal education privacy laws, and for more information about the specific impact on the privacy rights of students receiving services for disabilities, see our Confidentiality for SSD page.