• 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:

• 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. 

Disability Services Online Request Forms

You must be a student registered with Disability Services to use the online request forms. If you are not registered, you must contact Disability Services to make an appointment to get registered with Disability Services. You will not recieve accommodations if you are not registered with Disability Services.

Class Schedule Form

• Submit your Class Schedule Form online.

Alternative Formats Request Form

This form is only for students who recieve alternative text formats as approved accommodation through UTSA Disability Services.

• Submit your Alternative Formats Request Form online.

Furniture Request Form

This form is for use at the Main Campus only at this time. For Downtown Campus furniture requests please contact the Downtown Campus Disability Services office directly. This form is only for students have have furniture requests as an accommodation.

• Submit your Furniture Request Form online.

*PLEASE READ BEFORE SCHEDULING YOUR FINALS ONLINE*

• All finals must be scheduled by December 1st. NO EXCUSES.
• Make sure you schedule your final at right campus using the correct online form. Unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor and Disability Services, you must take the final at the campus where the class occurs.
• If you have any technical difficulties using the form, please contact Travis Irby (travis.irby@utsa.edu). The form may not work correctly with Macs.
• If there is a conflict with scheduling your finals contact Disability Services immediately.
• Your finals are not scheduled until you receive a confirmation e-mail from Disability Services staff (most likely Travis Irby).
• If you do not receive a confirmation in 24 hours please contact Disability Services immediately. Please allow 48 hours if you are scheduling the final over the weekend.
• Please check the e-mail address you use in the form for the confirmation e-mail. Make sure when using the UTSA e-mail address, that the correct address is used (ex: abc123@my.utsa.edu).
• Make sure all information is accurate. We have will have more than 200 finals and do not have time to double check every piece of information.
• The regular final time allotted for finals is 2 hours and 30 minutes. The amount that a student would receive with time and a half would be 3 hours and 45 minutes. If you do not need the extra time please do not request it. This will allow Disability Services greater flexibility in serving the large numbers of students requesting finals accommodations.
• If you need to move finals to another day or time, you must have your professor's permission. Please do not schedule your finals at another day or time unless you have already received your professor's permission.
• If your final occurs outside normal office hours (The Main Campus office operates from 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Mon. through Thurs. and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Fri. The DT Campus office operates from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon. through Fri.), you must talk to your professor to take it earlier in the day (or early the next day).
• If your finals are on a Saturday, December 12th, please inform your professor that you need to schedule the final on the Friday, December 11th, before the exam or the Monday, December 14th, after the exam. Disability Services is not open on Saturdays.
• We have a very large volume of tests during finals. Due to our limited space and staff, we ask that you please follow these procedures when scheduling your finals.

Thanks for your time and help with this matter. GOOD LUCK!

Main Campus Test Requests

• Submit your Main Campus Test Schedule Request Form online.

Downtown Campus Test Requests

• Submit your DT Campus Test Schedule Request Form online.

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