Disability Services

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Welcome to our website!

Disability Services (DS) at the University of Texas at San Antonio promotes equal access to all university programs and activities for students with disabilities. The goals of DS are:

  • To provide services, accommodations, and equipment to enable students with disabilities to participate in and benefit from all educational programs and activities.
  • To promote an environment at UTSA that is barrier free: free from both physical barriers and barriers of attitude.
  • To encourage students to become as independent and self-reliant as possible. Toward this goal, students are expected to assume major responsibility for securing services and accommodations.
  • To provide disability awareness education to the university community through publications, programs, consultation, and the Internet.

UTSA Disability Services Offices

Main Campus

Location
Room 2.03.18 Multidisciplinary Studies Building (MS)

Telephone
Voice: (210) 458-4157
Fax: (210) 458-4980
TTY: (210) 458-4981

Hours for Fall/Spring Semester
8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday

Hours for Summer Semester
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

Downtown Campus

Location
Room 1.302 Buena Vista Building (BV)

Hours for Fall/Spring Semester
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

Hours for Summer Semester
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

Telephone
(210) 458-2945 Voice/TTY
(210) 458-2949 Fax

 

Disability Service Happenings

 

Support Services

A Learning Disability (LD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) can affect every individual differently.  In keeping with our mission to support your learning experience, DS can provide you with the tools you need for effective learning strategies.
Contact Kim Arrendell, Assistant Director at the Main Campus (kim.arrendell@utsa.edu or 210-458-4157), for additional services to include:

  • one-on-one appointments to assist with compensatory learning strategies, to include:
    • Help you recognize and identify your learning style.
    • Provide practical steps and cognitive support to manage your learning performance.
    • Avoid procrastination.
    • Organization.
    • Memory.
    • Reading comprehension.
    • Remembering.
    • Time management.

SELF-ADVOCACY and SELF-DETERMINATION SERVICES:                                            

  • To promote advocacy strategies by supporting current students in their transition to UTSA; to make the best use of DS/Campus services, and Community resources. 
  • To encourage students to obtain their academic goals, and to develop social ties with other students with disabilities.

 

 


new!Disability Services Online Request Formsnew!

The following forms are for use by students at the Main Campus.

All tests must be scheduled a week in advance of the scheduled test date.

Your test has not been scheduled until you recieve a confirmation e-mail from DS staff.

 

*The forms above are interactive PDFs which require version 6.0 or higher of Adobe Reader in order to be properly viewed and completed. They are also capable of being submitted through an encrypted channel by pressing the "Submit" button. All forms may be printed before submission.

 

 

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