Disability Center Accommodated Testing Center Fund

For many years, the Disability Center has managed to successfully coordinate and administer thousands of accommodated tests in spite of the lack of dedicated space for testing. But the number of students who qualify for this service has increased more than 150% over the past decade. In 2015-16, a record 1,406 students requested accommodations through…

Published: April 5, 2018

Get Rewarded for Taking Notes!

Are you looking for something to put on your resume while doing something for your peers?  Are you looking for something that will assist in your accountability in going to class and taking good notes? Become a Volunteer Notetaker for the Disability Center!  Log on to myAccess and complete the sign-up form.  You can review the tutorial for…

Published: April 4, 2018

Celebrate Ability Week 2017

2017 Calendar of Events Monday, October 2 Performing Disability: Passing, Protest, and Resistance Presented by: Teresa Milbrodt & Anand Prahlad 2pm - 3pm Location: MU Student Center: Room 1209 A&B Overview: These presentations will examine ways that disabled people may express agency and self-definition through performance. Teresa Milbrodt's work explores how narrative and body lore function as protest…

Published: Jan. 8, 2018

2017 Meek Scholarship Recipient: Lacey Paul

Hometown Kansas City, Missouri Year in school Freshman Disability Sleeping Disorder (Idiopathic Hypersomnia) and Chronic Migraines What are your future endeavors? I am majoring in photojournalism in hopes that I can tell the stories of those whose voices need to be heard the most. What are your hobbies? Photography, reading, and watching movies. What has been…

Published: Jan. 8, 2018

Fall 2017 Semester Updates for Instructors

The Disability Center has primary responsibility for ensuring that students with disabilities are allowed an equal opportunity to pursue an education, but we can’t do this alone!  It is a shared responsibility.  We depend on instructors to actively support and promote access and inclusion as well.  This means ensuring that all course materials, technology, and…

Published: Jan. 8, 2018

Fall 2017 Semester Updates for Students

Exam Requests To get started for the semester you will need to generate your Accommodation Notification Letters and then submit your individual exam requests under the “Exam Access” option on the left hand side of myAccess. We advise you to submit all of your exam requests for the entire semester at one time to ensure…

Published: Jan. 8, 2018