Services for Students with Disabilities

Welcome to the Office of Disability Services at Slippery Rock University! Our office is located in at 102 Campus Success Center with hours of operation from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm during the semester and until 4:00 pm during spring, summer, and winter breaks.

GETTING STARTED

Current and incoming students who would like to request accommodations are encouraged to do so by using the following steps:

• Complete an online Accommodation Request. Please note that you must be an enrolled student and have a student ID and SRU email which are required for completing this form. In addition, documentation can be submitted with your request, if available, following our Documentation Guidelines. If documentation is not available at the time of this submission, it can be provided at a later time.
  
  
• Once this form is submitted, our staff will review the request and send the student instructions to set up an appointment with our professional staff for a welcome meeting, the first initial meeting with our office. This meeting can take in-person or virtually.
  
  
• The welcome meeting will provide the student and professional staff member an opportunity to engage in an interactive process to determine if the student’s self-report and documentation are sufficient to require accommodations. All determinations are made on a case by case basis.

If you are requesting support with a housing accommodation, please refer to Housing Accommodations.

For questions about the process above, please contact our office at disabilityservices@sru.edu or (724) 738-4877.

Disability Services General Information

Services for students with disabilities are available to any enrolled Slippery Rock University student with a disability. Documentation is preferred, must follow the documentation guidelines, and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. SRU is committed to accommodating students with disabilities and helping them to achieve academic success. The Office of Disability Services provides students with reasonable accommodations and services to ensure equal access to education as intended by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Services include assistance with, but are not limited to, the following disabilities covered by the above laws:

• Learning disabilities (such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, reading/math disability, specific learning disability, etc.)
• Medical health (such as cardiac disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, seizure disorder, etc.)
• ADD/ADHD
• Physical/mobility impairments (ambulatory, wheelchair)
• Deaf or hard of hearing
• Visual impairments
• Emotional/psychological diagnosis (such as bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, etc.)
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Traumatic brain injury
• Temporary disabilities - disabilities existing only for a short period of time (6-months or less) as a result of injuries, surgery or short-term medical conditions