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Established in 2002, the University Accessibility Center strives to ensure that students with disabilities are provided access to university programs. Prior to 2002, these services were known as Services for Students with Disabilities. The University Accessibility Center works within the department of Campus Life.

Variant names

UAC

Description

Established: 2002

Location: Provo, Utah (2002- )

Functions

The goal of the University Accessibility Center (UAC) is to provide programs and services to assist students who have disabilities to have access to the programs, services and information that they may need in their pursuit of excellence and the realization of human potential within the university environment. Assistance is provided to students who have physical, hearing, learning, attention and emotional concerns that may put them at a disadvantage compared to other students at the university in their quest for this goal. A variety of services are offered such as qualified sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, volunteer notetakers, volunteer readers, library lockers, study rooms, VisualTeks, taped textbooks, Braille writers, and an adapted computer with enlarged characters and speech synthesis.

Assets and Administrative Structure

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Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Campus Life (2002- )

Associated Archival Materials

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Sources

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Catalog, 2002-2003: p. 417 (Function) (Campus Life)

University Accessibility Center, Programs and Services. Retrieved on July 16, 2010, from Brigham Young University, University Accessibility Center website: https://uac.byu.edu/content/programs-and-services July 16, 2010 (Services available)

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