Student Accessibility Resources (SAR) serves as the University of West Florida's (UWF) administrative arm of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) of 2008 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to help ensure that students with disabilities are provided the same access to higher education programs that other students have. The University has designated SAR as the place where documentation regarding a student's disability is on file and where appropriate accommodations are determined. Academic accommodations are provided to remove academic barriers for students, but should not lower the learning standard for the course and do not guarantee student success. Reasonable accommodations will vary based on the nature of the student’s documented disability and will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Student Accessibility Resources- Office Manual
- Accessibility Coaching
- Accommodate Data Base
- Batch Emails
- Generating Reports
- Accommodated Attendance
- Accommodated Deadlines for Assignments
- Alternative Format for Textbooks
- Auditing Files in Accommodate
- Calculator as an Accommodation
- Captionist/CART Services
- Case Notes-Guidance for Documenting in Accommodate
- Complaint Procedures
- Continuing Education-Accommodations
- Determining Eligibility for Academic Accommodations
- Determining Eligibility for Housing Accommodations
- Documentation Required for Accommodations
- Entering disability code in Banner
- Equipment & Assistive Technology
- Ethical Standards
- Event Accommodations
- Faculty Resources
- Framework for Accommodations
- Fundamental Alteration
- Interpreting Services/Sign Language
- Legal Mandates & University Policies Concerning Students with Disabilities
- Meal Plan Waiver
- Memory Aid/Note Card Accommodation
- Notetaking Support
- Office Administration Manual (SAR)
- Orientation of Student Accessibility Resources Services
- Personal Care Attendant Guidelines
- Processing New Registration Requests
- Provisional Academic Accommodations
- Reduced Course Load Accommodation
- Requesting Accommodations
- Rights & Responsibilities
- Scholarships Coordinated by Student Accessibility Resources
- Semester Request Forms
- Service and Assistance Animal Accommodation Guidelines
- Staff Onboarding
- Study Abroad & Academic Accommodations
- Substitution/Modification of Graduation Requirements
- Suspension Guidelines for SAR Accommodations
- Syllabus Statement for Disability Accommodations
- Temporary Accommodations
- Testing Accommodations
- Transient Student Accommodations
- Voter Registration
- Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
(Revised March 2025)