Disability and Access (D&A) ensures students with disabilities have equal access to their academic experiences at the University of Texas at Austin by determining eligibility and approving reasonable accommodations. We also engage in outreach across campus in order to make campus more accessible and welcoming environment for people with disabilities.… read more
Important Information about Priority Registration
Priority registration to register for Spring 2025 classes will be on Monday, November 4th from 2pm to midnight. Below are the action steps undergraduate students should take to use priority registration: 1) Clear all advising and other holds prior to November 4th. If these holds are not cleared, you will not be able… read more
Requesting Accommodation Letters Fall 2024
Classes for the Fall 2024 semester start on August 26th and your courses will become available to request in the D&A Student Portal on that day. More information on requesting your accommodation letters and discussing them with your instructors can be found on our Using Accommodations at UT webpage. FOR… read more
Welcome to D&A’s Newest Staff Members
We are excited to welcome Caitlin Laughlin and Lily Shannon, our newest Access Coordinators, to Disability and Access! Caitlin Laughlin (she/her) is originally from Akron, Ohio but as been in Austin for over 10 years. She attended St. Edward’s University where she earned a BA in Special Education.… read more
Fall 2024 Accommodation Orientation
D&A is excited to welcome students to their first semester at UT! To help navigate the new responsibilities and rights students have in using their accommodations, D&A will be hosting virtual sessions throughout the week of August 12th. These sessions will be dedicated to specific topics such as an overview… read more
D&A-DCC Student Advisory Committee 2024-2025
The application is now open for the 2024-2025 Disability and Access-Disability Cultural Center (D&A-DCC) Student Advisory Committee. The D&A-DCC Student Advisory Committee provides a way for students to provide direct input to D&A and the DCC in order to: help D&A and the DCC better meet the needs of UT… read more
D&A-DCC Faculty Advisory Committee 2024-2025
Applications are now open for the Disability and Access-Disability Cultural Center (D&A-DCC) Faculty Advisory Committee. The D&A-DCC Faculty Advisory Committee provides a way for D&A and DCC staff to receive direct input from UT instructors in order to: provide feedback and ideas for improving existing D&A and DCC programming and… read more
May 2024 D&A Newsletter
· Disability Graduation · D&A End of Year Student Survey · D&A Inactivation Process for Graduates · Disability Cultural Center Events Disability Graduation is Thursday, May 9th Disability Graduation is a time to honor our disabled graduates and those graduating with the Critical Disability Studies portfolio/minor! Disability and Access, Disability… read more