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Services

The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD) provides:

  • information
  • academic accommodations
  • support services

to students, faculty, staff and campus visitors with disabilities.

We collaborate with all academic units and student services departments to promote equitable access to programs, services and facilities at the University of Waterloo.

We are here to enhance the many services that are currently provided for students at the University of Waterloo and hope that your time spent at the University will be a valuable and fulfilling educational experience!

Services & Academic Accommodations include:

  • Access to the Adaptive Technology Centre, complete with adaptive technology and computer work stations located in the Dana Porter Library
  • Access to the Education & Technology Lab, complete with adaptive technology and computer work stations located in the OPD office, Needles Hall
  • Alternate examination arrangements
  • Assessment of learning profile
  • Audio books program
  • Campus orientation
  • Campus transportation service for students with a mobility concern (registration required)
  • High speed scanning
  • Information on all campus and community resources
  • Interpreters
  • Liaison with campus housing and attendant services
  • Library orientation
  • Maps with wheelchair accessible routes and building entrances
  • Note takers
  • Parking information
  • Peer Support Programs
  • Photocopying services (with advisor approval)
  • Resource Centre with up-to-date information on a variety of disability-related subjects
  • Specialized technical equipment loans (tape recorders, FM systems etc.)
  • Tutor support
  • Volunteer assistance programs

Academic Accommodations

Students requesting academic accommodations are required to provide documentation pertaining to their disability from a qualified professional (such as medical documentation or psycho-educational assessments).

If a student does not have documentation, the OPD can help make arrangements to obtain the necessary documentation when appropriate.

Please contact Ruth Huard at ext. 35082 to register for our services or to obtain more information.