Seeing the Road Less Traveled

Nov. 9, 2016

CU Boulder senior Esha Mehta is climbing the Bastille Crack, one of Colorado's most popular and classic climbs. Yet there's a twist: Mehta is blind. The climb is part of the university's recently developed Inclusive Recreation Program. To read the full article, please follow this link: http://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/11/08/seeing-road-less-traveled .

Access for all: Coffee Shop Conundrum

Sept. 23, 2016

Access for all: Coffee Shop Conundrum ­ When you don’t add captions to your video, you make it difficult not just for the student trying to watch your video in a busy coffee shop, but also for someone in a quiet space such as a library, someone with a hearing...

Access for All on CU’s Campus

May 3, 2016

How much do you think about accessibility in your daily life? Vision & mobility accessibility issues are often associated with design decisions that most of us have nothing to do with such as building or website design. However, many of the choices we make each day can be the difference...

Inclusive Skate at the Rec!

April 20, 2016

Join us Saturday, April 30th from 11:15am to 2pm, 3:15pm to 5:15 pm or 7 to 10 pm at the Ice Rink at the CU Rec Center ! Whether you're familiar with the ice or this is your first time on the ice, come experience ice skating and sit-skating during...

Scheduled AFPAC Closure for Finals and Installation of New Computers

April 13, 2016

Beginning at 3 pm on Friday, April 29 th , the Alternate Format Production and Access Center (AFPAC, formerly the AT Lab) will be closed. The AFPAC is scheduled to re-open on Thursday, May 20 th . The closure will allow Disability Services to provide proctoring space for students with...

New Mentoring Program Seeks Student Leaders

March 17, 2016

Are you a CU student interested in mentoring youth in the Boulder community? A new Eye to Eye chapter is coming to CU-Boulder, and Disability Services is looking for students to lead it! Eye to Eye is a national mentoring program that pairs CU students with learning disabilities or ADHD...

Testing a New Accessibility Tool

Feb. 17, 2016

CU Boulder's Digital Accessibility Program, Office of Information Technology, is partnering with the Preferences for Global Access (PGA) project to support the development of a new accessibility tool, called the First Discovery Tool. The purpose of this freely available, open source tool is to help individuals discover preferences for how...

Do You Have a Story to Tell?

Jan. 14, 2016

The McNeill Academic Program has an opportunity for you to share a personal experience or story with a supportive audience. The McNeill Academic Program is offering a 1-credit class called Leadership & the Art of Storytelling (LDSP 1571, meeting TR from 9:30 to 10:45am). This course hopes to enhance the...

MyCUInfo Faculty Toolkit Update

Dec. 10, 2015

Disability Services is pleased to announce that a new feature in the faculty toolkit allows instructors to see when their course contains students who have registered with Disability Services and received approved accommodations. This is marked by an accessibility symbol that appears next to the course in the faculty toolkit...

Join the Rec Board!

Oct. 29, 2015

The Recreation Board oversees major legislative decisions within the Rec Center, assists in balancing budgets, and brainstorming new ideas! The Rec Board is a place to get involved, gain leadership experience, and hands-on responsibility in an active environment, all while sharing it with other people. If you are interested in...

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