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Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)

Supporting your educational journey

SAU provides a wealth of resources and accommodations for students with disabilities. To connect with us, fill out our Prospective Student Form below.

Prospective Student Form

Services for students with disabilities

SAU offers services and accommodations to assist students with disabilities while earning their degree. Services don't lower course standards or alter degree requirements, but give students a better chance to demonstrate their academic abilities.

  • Assistance with pre-advising for course selection
  • Advocacy
  • Alternative exam arrangements
  • Assistive technology
  • Books in alternative formats
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Disability service provider
  • Course substitution
  • Note takers
  • Referral for diagnosis of a disability
  • Sign Language Interpreters
  • Non-academic accommodations
  • Literacy support tool (Read&Write)
Functions and standards guide Prospective Student Form

Non-academic accommodations for SAU students

Students may meet with the ARC Disability Case Coordinator (DCC) to discuss resources and reasonable accommodations. The DCC assists students through requesting non-academic accommodations: accessible parking, food service, housing, and support animals. The DCC must receive documentation for these accommodations to be considered and approved. 

How to request disability accommodations

For more information, prospective students can contact the ARC at ARC@sau.edu or 563-333-6275. If you are planning a campus visit, contact your admissions representative who can arrange an in-person or virtual meeting with ARC staff.

Documentation requirements

  • Include the student's identifying information (full name, etc.)
  • Clearly state the diagnosed disability or disabilities
  • Describe the functional limitations resulting from the disability or disabilities
  • Be current–that is, be completed:
    • Within the last 5 years for a learning disability (LD) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or
    • Within the last 12 months for psychiatric disabilities
  • Include complete educational, developmental, and medical history relevant to the disability for which accommodations are being requested
  • Include a list of all test instruments used in the evaluation report and relevant subtest scores used to document the stated disability (this requirement does not apply to physical or sensory disabilities of a permanent or unchanging nature)
  • Describe the specific accommodations requested
  • Adequately support each of the requested accommodation(s)
  • Be typed or printed on official letterhead or ARC verification form and be signed by an evaluator qualified to make the diagnosis (include information about license or certification and area of specialization)
Prospective Student Form

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)

The WRP provides students with disabilities in all fields of study the opportunity to market their abilities to a wide variety of potential employers across the U.S., sharpen their interviewing skills during a required one-on-one meeting with a WRP recruiter, and gain valuable skills, experience, and contacts on the job.

Applicant eligibility & requirements

  • Have a disability
  • Be a U.S. citizen
  • Be enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education on a substantially full-time basis (unless the severity of the disability precludes the student from taking a substantially full-time load) to seed a degree
  • Be enrolled in such an institution as a degree-seeking student taking less than a substantially full-time load in the enrollment period immediately prior to graduation OR
  • Have graduated from such an institution within the past year

Recruitment and timing for WRP

WRP operates annually, requiring student applicants to interview with recruiters during fall semester campus visits. Coordinated by Disability or Career Services at over 270 colleges and universities, with more added yearly. Eligible students should inform their school's services coordinator to contact wrp@dol.gov. Visit www.wrp.gov for recruitment schedule. The WRP is co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of Defense

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