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Student Accessibility Services

phone: 919-668-1267 | tty: 919-668-1329 | relay service: 711 within the United States

fax: 919-668-3977 email: sdao@duke.edu | access.duke.edu/students

Welcome to Duke University from the staff at Student Accessibility Services (SAS), formerly known as the Student Disability Access Office (SDAO). Student Accessibility Services is the office on campus is the office on campus that has been charged with and is committed to providing educational opportunities for students with disabilities in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. SAS uses a multifaceted team-based approach to determine eligibility for services and accommodations to qualified duke students, both undergraduate and graduate.

Our goal is to provide and coordinate accommodations that enable students with disabilities to have equal access to all Duke University programs and activities. Services and accommodations are provided to students with a variety of disabilities including, but not limited to, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, blindness/low vision, deafness/hard of hearing, learning disabilities, psychological disorders (including Autism Spectrum disorders), mobility and chronic health as well as other medical conditions.

FAQs

A student with a disability is one who has a medical condition that substantially limits or restricts one or more major life activities compared to most people in the general population.

All accommodations and services are individualized and based on the student’s medical condition and functional limitations. Current documentation from the student’s medical provider showing the student’s functional limitations as well as recommendations for necessary accommodations is reviewed. Academic as well as non-academic accommodations, such as housing and transportation accommodations, may be provided through SAS. We also provide a variety of assistive technologies such as assistive listening devices, specialized software and books in alternative formats to students qualifying for services. Please see our website for a more comprehensive list of available assistive technologies: https://access.duke.edu/resources/assistive-tech-tools.

Our offices are located in an accessible location at 402 Oregon Street, Suite 102. You may reach the SAS by calling 919-668- 1267 or by emailing sdao@duke.edu.

Students should submit a Request for Consideration for Reasonable Accommodations form and supporting medical and academic documentation as soon as possible or upon matriculation. Our online request form, documentation guidelines, and other useful information can be found on our website: access.duke.edu/requests

For campus accessibility maps, visit maps.duke.edu

LEARN MORE ABOUT US

Please visit our website for more complete information about SAS and the services we offer: access.duke.edu

DIAL 711 for relay service within the United States.