Student Access Services
The Office of Student Access Services (SAS), housed in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), enjoys partnering with students with disabilities to help them
- register with SAS as a student with a disability;
- apply for and use SAS-approved accommodations; and
- navigate successfully through their academics by becoming more self-aware of their unique learning patterns and disability-related challenges.
Accommodation services are offered to students with the goal of reducing the impact of their impairment(s) and providing equal opportunity to engage in Marymount’s rich learning environment. In order to allow sufficient time to pinpoint the impact of a disability and determine what access is necessary, students requesting approval for reasonable accommodations should initiate a dialogue with SAS as early as possible.
All accommodation requests need to be directly related to the disability and the impairment’s impact on the student. In order to establish an existing disability, students need to submit written documentation. Information on documentation criteria is located on Marymount’s website on the Student Access Services pages.
Students who have been approved for academic accommodations will receive an official accommodation letter each semester from SAS. Students can then provide each of their instructors with a copy of the accommodation letter and discuss how approved accommodations will be implemented throughout the semester. It is important for students to request their instructors’ signatures on the accommodation letters during these exchanges. These signatures inform SAS whether or not accommodations are understood, agreed upon, and collaboratively applied by student and instructor.
SAS assists students in effectively using support resources and services available to them at the CTL and throughout the university community.
Accommodations for housing, dining, emotional support animals, and other non-academic modifications are provided in conjunction with other university offices. More information can be found in the SAS section of Marymount’s website.