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The Office of Accessibility Services seeks to gain input from students with disabilities regarding campuswide disability support, acceptance, and inclusivity. If you are actively enrolled at WVU as a part-time or full-time student at West Virginia University and registered with the Office of Accessibility Services, we welcome you to apply to be a member of the Accessibility Student Advisory Group.

In early 2021, a multidisciplinary team collaborated to create a comprehensive map of ADA-accessible routes at WVU’s Morgantown campus, including all Accessible Van Service pick-up and drop-off locations. Students, faculty, staff, and visitors with disabilities are encouraged to explore and utilize this map.

To support WVU instructors in designing or re-designing courses with UDL principles, the Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC), in partnership with the Office of Accessibility Services (OAS), is offering UDL Course Development Grants. The grant will be a stipend in the amount of $3500. A limited number of awards will be available.

If you are a student who is receiving Accessible Transportation Accommodations through the Office of Accessibility Services and are in need of transportation for your COVID-19 testing, you may contact the Accessible Transportation office at 304.293.7278.

As classes move online next week, faculty may rely more on written content, online examinations, web meetings, recorded lectures, and other media content. It is important that students with accommodations communicate with their instructors and to the Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) to provide feedback regarding their needs in the online classroom environment.

As classes move online, faculty may rely more on written content, online examinations, web meetings, recorded lectures, and other media content. For students with disabilities, this presents unique challenges. Therefore, it is important that instructors work with the Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) to ensure that those students receive equal access to course instruction.

The Office of Accessibility Services will be closed from December 21st at 4:45 pm until January 2nd at 8:15 am. Email and Voicemail received during this period will be returned in the order in which they were received.

Trainings on assistive technology (Kurzweil 3000, and/or Sonocent Audio Notetaker) will consist of 1-2 hour long sessions focusing on Kurzweil 3000 and/or Sonocent. The first portion of the training will focus on Sonocent, followed by Kurzweil. Students must sign up for these training opportunities through their SAMM account.

A new feature update for Kurzweil 3000 brings, Kurzweil 3000 - Read the Web Extension. This feature allows you to download an extension in your browser and read the web using the same voices you are used to using in the Kurzweil 3000 Web Browser application including eCampus and eBooks.