UIC believes that individuals with disabilities are valuable assets to the university community. We are dedicated to ensuring their full inclusion and active participation in every aspect of university life. Our goal is to create an environment where all students, faculty, staff, and visitors can fully engage in UIC's programs, services, and activities without barriers. We continually identify and eliminate obstacles that may hinder the complete participation of individuals with disabilities.
Employment
- UIC welcomes and values all applicants and employees with disabilities. The University complies with all the employment non-discrimination requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Illinois Human Rights Act. Applicants or employees requiring reasonable accommodations should visit the Employment Accommodation Procedure page.
- Please visit our Employee Accommodation Policy page for more information regarding our policy.
Training
- Units/departments wanting training on the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act should visit the Office for Access and Equity ADA Training page.
Effective Communication
- The University, when requested, will provide appropriate aids and services to ensure that persons with disabilities can participate equally in UIC programs, services, and activities. Appropriate auxiliary aids and services may include, but are not limited to, qualified sign language interpreters, captioning, documents in alternative formats, and other ways of making information and communications accessible.
Service Animal Policy
- Individuals with service animals are welcomed in the University’s offices, even where pets are generally prohibited. Please visit the UIC Service Animal Policy for information on service animals.
- Anyone who requires communication assistance or a modification in policies/procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity offered by UIC should contact the Office for Access and Equity at (312) 996-0512 or email the ADA Coordinator, as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.
Reporting Accessibility Concerns
- Reports of architectural barriers should be submitted to the Office for Access and Equity through the Online Reporting of Accessibility Issues form. Issues accessing any technologies at UIC, websites, or apps may do so using the reporting of digital accessibility form.
Grievance Procedure
- The UIC grievance procedure may be used by anyone who wishes to file a complaint alleging discrimination based on disability in UIC’s provision of services, activities, programs, or benefits. This grievance procedure is used to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- UIC students, faculty, and staff alleging disability discrimination must follow the appropriate UIC student/faculty/staff grievance procedure.
Disability Resources
- Accessibility | Information Technology
- UIC is committed to ensuring that IT resources, such as websites, web applications, teaching and learning technologies, digital content, and other electronic platforms and related communications, can be used by all members of the UIC community.
- Disability Resource Center (DRC)
- The Disability Resource Center provides students with disabilities a broad range of services, from eligibility documentation, assistive technology, deaf/hard of hearing services, and classroom access to exam accommodations, note taking, computing resources, and transportation.
- Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (CCSPD)
- The Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (CCSPD) is an advisory body dedicated to promoting the academic, professional, cultural, and social welfare of persons with disabilities as well as providing leadership on the history, needs, and resources of the said population at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Disability Cultural Center (DCC)
- The Disability Cultural Center offers public programs, discussion series, arts-based workshops, and one-on-one support as we work to engage an understanding of disability issues as social justice issues and disability as a site for identity, community, and culture.
- Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD)
- Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD)
- Great Lakes ADA Center
Contact us for any questions!
Peter Berg
ADA Coordinator
Phone:
Email:
Jaeun Jemma Ku
Director, IT Accessibility