Department website: https://www.atu.edu/disabilities
The Office of Disability Services (DS) facilitates reasonable accommodations in programs, services, and activities to enable students with disabilities access to the same opportunities as their peers. Disability Services staff make accommodation determinations based on documentation provided by the student, including medical and psychological evaluations. Students must self-identify through an application process and meet with a Disability Services staff member for determination and facilitation of reasonable and appropriate accommodations. For information on registering with the Disability Services office or to make an appointment with a staff member, please call (479) 968-0302, TTY: (479) 964-3290, email at disabilities@atu.edu, or stop by the office located in the Doc Bryan Student Services Building, Suite 141. An online application for services can be found here.
Arkansas Tech University (ATU) is committed to providing access, equal educational opportunity, and full participation for all students, including students with disabilities, in accordance with all provisions established by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, sections 504 and 508, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), and the Arkansas RISE Act (Act 907) of 2025.
The fundamental principles of nondiscrimination in university programs provide that:
- No student with a qualified disability shall, on the basis of the disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any post-secondary education activity or program; and
- Reasonable adjustments, determined on an individual, case-by-case basis, to academic courses, activities or other university programs, shall be made in a timely manner and as are necessary to ensure that such requirements do not discriminate or have the effect of discrimination on a student with a qualified disability; and
- The university shall create an educational environment where students with disabilities have equal access to instruction without compromising the essential components and technical requirements of the course, educational program or degree. The Office of Disability Services is responsible for determining a student's eligibility for reasonable accommodations and academic adjustments for all ATU Russellville programs and courses, in the university's residence halls, and auxiliary services. For ATU Ozark courses and programs, the Student Success and Disability Services Coordinator is designated to approve student accommodations and adjustments due to the impact of disability.
For the full policy as well as a plain-language version, please visit the Disability Services website.
A representative list of accommodations is also available.
