Office of Accessibility Services

Nursing, Health Sciences, Larner College of Medicine Accommodations

To ensure an accessible and equitable educational experience, Student Accessibility Services (SAS) collaborates with students, Clinical and Program Directors, and faculty to identify and provide reasonable accommodations.
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Navigating the Health Sciences Accommodation Process

A step-by-step guide to how to get through the disability accommodation process for health sciences students at UVM.
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Anticipating Accommodations in a Clinical Rotation

While it’s not possible to predict all the specific ADA accommodations a student may be eligible for in a clinical rotation, here are some ways to focus on the barrier, not the disability.
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Documenting Accommodations in a Health Sciences Rotation

To make sure students get needed accommodations without making fundamental alterations to a cours, it's important to document the specifics of every student’s agreed-upon accommodations.
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How to Talk About Student Accommodations

Students have a right to privacy around their accommodations. So how do clerkship directors and other instructors tell staff about accommodations?
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Contact the Health Sciences Disability Coordinator

Reach out to Laura Clemmons, the Health Sciences Disability Coordinator, using this online form.
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NEW: Health Sciences Disability Guide

Download the new comprehensive guide to disability and accommodation in the College of Nursing Health Sciences (CNHS) and Larner College of Medicine. Learn how the accommodation process works in health sciences, and your unique role in it.

Download the guide (.pdf)

NEW: Health Sciences Disability Guide

Download the new comprehensive guide to disability and accommodation in the College of Nursing Health Sciences (CNHS) and Larner College of Medicine. Learn how the accommodation process works in health sciences, and your unique role in it.

Download the guide (.pdf)

Getting started with accommodations

Getting accommodations from SAS is a step-by-step process. Start here:

How to get started with student accommodations

Report an Accessibility Barrier

Use our online form to report physical accessibility issues on the UVM campus.

Report an accessibility barrier