At UVM, responsibility for disability-related accommodations, accessibility support, and barrier response is coordinated through the Office of Accessibility Services (OAS).

Need Accommodations or Accessibility Support?

Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) serves as UVM’s central resource for:

• Student academic accommodations
• Employee workplace accommodations
• Accessibility and barrier reporting
• Guidance on digital and physical accessibility
• ADA/Section 504 coordination

Request accommodations or report a barrier:

• Employee Accommodations
• Student Accommodations
• Report a Barrier
  
   

Reporting Disability Discrimination or Bias

The Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) is responsible for addressing complaints of discrimination, harassment, or bias based on disability or other protected categories.

You are encouraged to contact OEO if you believe you have experienced:

• Disability-based discrimination, which can include failure to provide reasonable accommodations;
• Harassment related to a protected category;
• Retaliation related to a complaint or accommodation request;
• Violations of UVM’s non-discrimination policy.

A reporting form is available on the OEO website and all reporters are protected from retaliation.   For any questions, please contact Equal.Opportunity@uvm.edu.

To best support the UVM community:

• Office of Accessibility Services (OAS)
  → Accommodations, access, barriers, and ADA/504 coordination
• Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO)
  → Discrimination, harassment, bias, and formal complaints

These offices work collaboratively to ensure both access and civil rights comliance across the university.

The ADA and Section 504 are federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and require institutions like UVM to provide reasonable accommodations and ensure equal access to programs, services, and activities.