welcome to student accessibility services

Student Accessibility Services (SAS) provides accommodations to students with disabilities who are enrolled in the University of Maine. SAS and the University of Maine is committed to accommodating students with disabilities and helping them to achieve academic success. SAS provides students with reasonable accommodations and services to ensure equal access to education as intended by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. SAS provides accommodations for the following types of diagnoses:

  • Reading, writing, math or specific learning disabilities
  • Chronic health conditions: Migraines, POTS, IBS, Crohn’s and more
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Physical and mobility disabilities
  • Hearing and vision disabilities
  • Mental health diagnoses (depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, and more)
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Acquired brain injuries
  • Temporary disabilities – disabilities existing only for a short period of time (6 months or less) as a result of injuries, surgery or short-term medical conditions

What accommodations are available?

Examples of accommodations offered:

  • Extended test time
  • Separate test location
  • Assistive technology
  • Note-takers
  • Test reader
  • Test scribe and/or use of computer
  • Preferred seating
  • Alternate format texts and enlarged font exams
  • Single rooms, emotional support animals and other housing accommodations
  • Other accommodations

Information on accommodate tool

Student Accessibility Services uses an online platform, named Accommodate, to manage accommodation requests. It is accessible to students and faculty through UMaine’s MyCampus Portal with a single sign-on (SSO).

This system allows students to:

  • Maintain 24-hour access to their approved accommodations
  • Request supplemental accommodations that may be needed
  • Complete a semester request every semester to communicate the continuation of accommodations
  • View, save and print an accommodation letter to provide to professors
  • View documentation and/or important releases signed
  • Access helpful resources to assist with academic success
  • View equipment signed out as well as when it is due for return
  • For those students who receive note-taking services, online access to notes
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