Office of Disability Access & Resources
UMBC-Shady Grove works closely with the Office of Disability Access & Resources on the UMBC main campus to provide disability support services for registered Shady Grove students. Services are provided for any student with a documented disability who qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, as amended) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, who requests and is eligible for accommodations based on the functional limitations and impact of their disability. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive and begin once a UMBC Office of Disability Access & Resources staff member has approved a student for accommodations and the Semester Letter of Accommodations has been sent to the faculty member.
Visit the Office of Disability Access & Resources’ website for information on the services available to students registered with the Office of Disability Access & Resources and procedural and resource information for students with disabilities.
Registering with The Office of Disability Access & Resources
Although students who have disabilities are not required to register with Office of Disability Access & Resources, those who wish to use accommodations must be registered. This is done once, when you first request and are approved for accommodations.
Learn more about registering with Office of Disability Access & Resources.
Requesting your approved accommodations every semester
UMBC’s Office of Disability Access & Resources uses a secure online software application called Accommodate to track and deliver accommodations for students who completed the registration process. Each semester in which you are enrolled and wish to use your accommodations, you must submit a Semester Request in Accommodate. This gives Office of Disability Access & Resources permission to send your Letter of Accommodations to the instructors for the courses you have that semester. A copy of that letter will also automatically go to you and to the Macklin Center for Academic and Leadership Success’ Disability Support Services (DSS) at USG. Read more about the instructions for submitting the Semester Request.
Scheduling accommodated testing at USG
Students at USG with testing accommodations will follow the procedures established by DSS for scheduling their tests. This means that you must have already submitted a Semester Request for the current semester (see above) before you can schedule your tests with DSS. Read more about the DSS test scheduling process.