Student Accessibility Services

AUC is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all students. Student Accessibility Services partners with students, faculty and staff to promote self-advocacy and independence to advance student success for all students of all abilities.

About Student Accessibility Services (SAS) Unit

The Student Accessibility Services unit is dedicated to providing support and accommodations to students with disabilities, ensuring that they have equal access to all aspects of University life. Our team works closely with students to understand their unique needs and provides a range of services, including academic accommodations, assistive technology and disability-related counseling. We also collaborate with faculty and staff to promote disability awareness and ensure that all students receive the support they need to thrive on their academic journeys.

Mission

The Student Accessibility Services unit (SAS); located in the Center for Student Well-Being, provides services to students with disabilities to ensure that all activities and programs on campus are accessible to them. Through partnerships with students, faculty, and staff, SAS promotes self-awareness, self-determination, and self-advocacy to encourage independence and enhance opportunities for student success. SAS supports students with different types of disabilities including sensory impairments, motor impairments, learning disabilities, cognitive disorders, psychological disorders, and chronic health issues.

Vision

SAS endeavors to create a campus environment where all students are viewed on the basis of ability rather than disability.

Disability Policy

AUC implements a disability policy governing academic accommodations for students with disabilities. The objective of this policy is to provide and guarantee reasonable accommodations that will enable qualifying students with disabilities to perform at an equal level as compared to their peers.

To read more about AUC's disability policy, click here.

Academic Accommodations for Students

SAS facilitates reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are legally mandated forms of assistance or changes to environments that will enable a qualifying student to perform with other students despite having a disability.

Academic accommodations enable qualifying students with disabilities to perform as equals with their peer students. Students must register with SAS so staff can determine their eligibility for accommodations.

Academic accommodations include:

Classroom Accommodations

Adjustments or modifications to the environment, curriculum presentation, or equipment that allow students with disabilities to gain access to content.

Assignment Accommodations

Adjustments or modifications to the assignment format and presentation that allow students with disabilities to complete assigned tasks.

Testing Accommodations

Adjustments or modifications to tests or testing conditions that allow students with disabilities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a testing situation.

To request academic accommodations, click here.

Facilities and Services

Campus Accessibility

All campus areas, including the University Residences, are accessible by wheelchair. Golf carts are also available for transportation around campus with prior arrangement.

Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility refers to devices or products that are designed in such a way that individuals with disabilities can successfully use them. AUC is prepared to equip computers with JAWS (Windows screen reading software), Kurzweil 3000 (text to speech learning for Windows or Mac), and Dragon Naturally Speaking (speech to text voice recognition software).

Parking

AUC provides accessible, marked, reserved parking spaces in all parking lots, which are located close to entrances to the University. Only vehicles with issued disability parking permits may park in these reserved parking spaces on campus.

Transportation

AUC’s Department of transportation offers a wheelchair accessible vehicle with lower reservation rates to all AUC community members.

For more details, email [email protected].

Support Services

Additional support services are available to registered students with disabilities.

Support services include:

Note-taking services
Exam readers and scribes
Disability buddies
Disability assistant peers
Private testing area
Scheduling support

Workshops

CSW and SAS offer workshops throughout the year for the AUC community.

Disabilities Simulation Experience

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Once you are admitted to AUC:

Contact SAS to discuss your disability and needs
Provide documentation for obtaining disability-related academic accommodations
Complete paperwork during the initial appointment and register with SAS

Schedule an Appointment with SAS, email [email protected].
Academic Accommodations form
Disability Eligibility Form

Access Log in

Access by Simplicity is the SAS’s web-based accessibility management system.

Families of AUC students are an important part of the University community and play a key role in supporting students with disabilities. SAS is available to students and their families to discuss their transition from high school to university with regard to the services offered by SAS and AUC.

Confidentiality

AUC observes all applicable laws (US Federal and Egyptian) with regard to protecting the confidentiality of medical information/information on disabilities. Except in cases of emergency, no member of the University community is entitled or authorized to access information about a student’s disability. Exceptions to this rule are staff members of the CSW, AUC Medical Services, the Dean of Students and the Provost.

Parents and Caregivers’ Access to Educational Records

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects students’ educational records. Students may opt-out of FERPA by submitting a signed third-party waiver to allow authorized university officials to release their educational records to a third party. The form can be used for specific times and purposes, or have a multi-use effect. Students must sign the form to allow the release of educational and health records by SAS to parents and caregivers.

To schedule a meeting with SAS, email [email protected].

Contact Information and Working Hours

Campus Center, P001
t: +2.2.2615.3918/83
[email protected]

Sundays to Thursdays
8:30 am to 4:00 pm