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We are committed to ensuring equal access to students with disabilities and strive to make it as easy as possible to request reasonable accommodations.
Accessibility Resources coordinates student requests for accommodation. We’re here to help ensure that you have equal access.
Student Life
University at Buffalo
60 Capen Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-2608; Fax: (716) 645-3116
University at Buffalo
1 Diefendorf Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 645-2608
The Accessibility Resources staff uses a variety of information sources to help determine if a request for accommodation is reasonable. These sources include (but are not limited to) the following.
You are the first source of information about why an accommodation may be needed. Your narrative helps us determine if the accommodation is reasonable. Specifically, we are interested in:
The Accessibility Resources staff is experienced in working with students with disabilities. Using this experience, we may be able to determine if your request is reasonable by making observations during interactions with you. These observations can help validate information in your self-report, further establishing your need for accommodation.
Accessibility Resources may request documentation of your disability or a history of accommodation to help support your current request. Sources may include:
This information is usually provided at the initial meeting and/or during a follow-up period of review.
Please send any documentation that supports your request to Accessibility Resources before your initial meeting, if possible. Do not send your information to the admissions office. To find out how to submit documentation securely, contact our office.
If Accessibility Resources determines that your request for accommodation is reasonable, we will provide you with an Accommodation Memo. You will need a new Accommodation Memo each semester. (If you are a returning student and your needs have not changed, you can simply contact Accessibility Resources for an updated Accommodation Memo.)
Once you receive your Accommodation Memo, it is your responsibility to inform faculty and staff of any accommodations that they may need to know about. The Accessibility Resources staff will explain in more detail how (and when) to share this Accommodation Memo with others.
You will need a new Accommodation Memo each semester. If you don’t require any changes or additions to your Accommodation Memo, please contact Accessibility Resources to request your new Accommodation memo.
Students can request accommodations, find a note-taker and much more through the Accessibility Resources office:
If you have a temporary injury that results in a disability, we may be able to help you receive reasonable accommodations. Please contact Accessibility Resources for details.
Students who have received approval from Accessibility Resources for a snow removal accommodation can submit their campus travel routes each semester and request snow removal.
UB Information Technology (UBIT) offers assistive computer workstations, which are wheelchair-accessible and have specialized software in addition to the standard academic software.
If you have disability-related needs, UB may be able to offer access to appropriate housing in one of our residence halls or apartments.
UB’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy provides detailed information about UB’s ongoing commitment to accessibility.
More information about university policies that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability is available from the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Student Life
University at Buffalo
60 Capen Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-2608; Fax: (716) 645-3116
University at Buffalo
1 Diefendorf Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 645-2608