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  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Clearinghouse Reviewers
  • Crisis Resources
  • National Resources
    • National Organizations
    • Federal Agencies
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    • NCCSD Posters & Products
    • Research Briefs
    • Research Highlights
    • AHEAD Publications

Higher Education Professionals

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Fostering accessible and welcoming learning and living environments  involves everyone on campus. Research shows that we have a ways to go to improve the campus climate around disability. See our Campus Climate Research Brief and take our Two-Minute Training for more information and tips.

All employees of a college or university are considered "agents" of the institution when it comes to working with students with disabilities. It's important how you respond to requests for accommodations. While your Disability Resources office is your primary resource, you should have some knowledge about disability laws and practices to assist students directly, and point them in the right direction.

We've collected this growing list of resources - many from your own professional organizations - to inform you, assess your current operations, and learn innovative approaches.

Contact us with additional resources that you'd like to share with your campus colleagues.



Campus Life

  • Planning inclusive events
  • Housing
  • ​Recommendations for addressing sexual assault and college students with disabilities
  • Dining - Food Allergies
  • Career Services resources - also check out our career information for students
  • New Student Orientation
Counseling-Mental Health -
  •   Active Minds
  •    NAMI
Safety -
  •    Fire Safety
  •    Emergency Planning & Disabilities
  •    Balancing privacy, campus security, and privacy laws (PDF File) from AASCU
  • ​    Disability resources from the ARC for first-responders, security personnel, and police
Information for pregnant students

Learning & Instruction


  • Online Education -​ National Center on Disability and Access to   Education
  • Library Accessibility and advice for working with library patrons who have disabilities
  • ​Our clearinghouse web page of information for faculty

Professional & Legal Resources

  • NASPA-Disability Knowledge Community
  • ACPA-Coalition for Disability
  • NACADA - Academic Advisors

  • Immigration law and students, faculty, and staff with disabilities
  • ADA Coordinators NAADAC
  • Facilities - US Access Board
  • Service Animals
NCCSD Technical Report - Disability Law for Higher Education (pdf)

Resources for HR Staff, Supervisors and Employees


  •    EEOC - Disability and Employment
  •    Job Accommodation Network
  •   Event Planning
  • A "Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit" for workplaces, from the Association of University Centers on Disability
  • The US Department of Labor has a "Return to Work" toolkit for people who have been on medical leaves

Web Accessibility

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  • The WAVE accessibility checker from WebAIM - you type in the URL and it automatically checks accessibility features for you.
  • ​Web accessibility legal cases

Making Technology Accessible


  • A Wiki of resources from The Ohio State University
  • Higher Education Accessibility Online Resource Center from NFB
Training Opportunities
  • Accessing Higher Ground
  • CSUN Assistive Technology Conference

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​In 2021, a federal discretionary grant (P116D210002) was awarded via  the National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities Program (NCITSPSD) to the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI-UMN), in full partnership with the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and is authorized by Congress in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (777.4). 

The NCITSPSD program grant was originally awarded in 2015 (P116D150005) to the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).

Please see caveats on the home page about not assuming the NCCSD, University of Minnesota, AHEAD or the US Dept. of Education agree with all content on linked pages, and we can't guarantee the accessibility of other sites.

The material on this website is available in alternative formats upon request; questions or concerns about accessibility should be sent to nccsd@ahead.org.  All images are from Bigstock.com or public domain except where noted.

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