Disability Services
MIAD provides reasonable and appropriate accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Accommodations are determined on an individual basis through Academic Resources. For more information regarding polices and procedures, download the MIAD Disability Services document (PDF format, can be read by Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program).
- MIAD Disability Services (PDF)
Students with a disability, whether physical, learning, sensory, or psychological, are encouraged to contact the MIAD’s Student Accessibility Coordinator, Nichole Uecker. Nichole’s office is located near the Library and Academic Succes Center in Room RL95B. Students must meet with the Accessibility Coordinator before they can obtain accommodations for their disability.
Students are encouraged to notify the Student Accessibility Coordinator in a timely manner so that appropriate accommodations can be provided. MIAD considers June 1 as a reasonable date for receipt of documentation of a disability for fall semester enrollees and November 1 for spring semester enrollees.
On campus resources
Support Staff
Community Resources
- Provides information, assistance, consultation, resources, and help with transition and benefits
- Resource for questions regarding access and disability, offers over 20 programs and services for people with disabilities of all kinds
- Offers support groups: https://www.
independencefirst.org/events/ peer-support-events
- Private non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide
National Resources
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- National organization for and by college students with disabilities
National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD)
http://www.
- Federally-funded national center for college and graduate students with any type of disability, chronic health condition, or mental or emotional illness
- Posts disability and higher education news: http://www.nccsdonline.
org/news.html
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- Promoting inclusion and success for people with disabilities
- Information for people with disabilities
Important terms:
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/
http://www.stopableism.org/p/
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