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Accessible OHIO: How to help employees receive accommodations during hiring process

An accommodation during the hiring process is an adjustment or modification that allows a job candidate with a disability to fully participate in the process. Learn three things you can do to help.

Accessibility Liaisons advocate for students, faculty and staff

The Accessibility Liaisons, now in their fourth year, serve as an internal resource to the University community and as a partner to the City of Athens Commission on Disabilities.

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities group

University supports students with disabilities through new initiative

Launched in October, the Ohio College2Careers program places a full-time, dedicated vocational rehabilitation counselor in the disability services offices at 15 public colleges and universities.

Accessible OHIO: How to create a more accessible document

Creating accessible documents can be easy with a few basics changes to how we create documents. Find out what they are.

University Accessibility offers centralized, expanded support for accessibility

Under the leadership of Dr. Carey Busch, University Accessibility works to achieve access and inclusion through multiple approaches, including disability and accessibility planning and partnerships.

Accessible OHIO: How to keep pathways accessible

An accessible path is a minimum of 36 inches wide, with a minimum width of 60 inches for going around corners. Find out the three things you can do to keep a pathway accessible and barrier-free.

Accessible OHIO: Workplace accommodations and how can I refer someone?

A reasonable accommodation in the workplace is an adjustment or modification to a work environment or process that allows an employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.

Accessible OHIO: Inaccessible ramps and pathways during construction

At Ohio University, we embrace that we have a collective responsibility to create the opportunity for people with disabilities to have an accessible and inclusive ...

Student Accessibility Services recognizes two faculty members as outstanding advocates

The office of Student Accessibility Services has awarded their 2019 Accessibility Ally Awards to Dr. Roger Aden and Dr. Elizabeth Beverly.

Here to be heard

Deaf since age 3, Pribula relied on a call service for deaf individuals that can sound like a phone call from a telemarketer, and several times, the CATS Late Night operator hung up on her.

Advocate for All

Doctors and teachers told Jordyn Zimmerman that she would never attend college. They were wrong.

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