Getting Started with DAS

If you need disability accommodations while at WOU, you’ll be working with Disability Access Services. Our office works cooperatibely with other university department to provide accommodations for student in and out of the classrom. Check out the links below for help with specific situations, or continue down the page for information about applying for academic accommodations at WOU

• Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
• Note-Taking Support
• Testing Accommodations
• University Housing Accommodations
• Alternative Formats
• Classroom Access

Requesting Academic Accommodations at WOU

Western Oregon University provides academic accommodations for students to ensure equal access. These accommodations are made pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended (including the ADA Amendments Act of 2008), and Oregon state nondiscrimination law.

WOU’s DAS (Disability Access Services) reviews documentation and grants reasonable accommodations in accordance with these laws, subject to considerations such as undue burden or fundamental alteration of university programs.

Under these laws, students with a documented disability have a right to recieve resonable accommodations. Additionally, students have the following responsibilities:

1. Apply to Western Oregon University (click here)
2. Submit a DAS application and disability documentation (click here)
3. Respond to request for information from DAS
4. Complete a DAS orientation
5. Request accommodations each academic term following the DAS Student Rights and Responibilities
6. Follow the policies and procedures outlined in the DAS Student Rights and Responsibilities