116 Boucke Building, 863-1807
The Office for Disability Services (ODS) provides academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and/or services to qualified students with disabilities. ODS assists students with a broad range of disability categories including, but not limited to: physical disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairments, hearing impairments, neurological impairments, and psychological disabilities.
Students who are seeking academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and/or services through ODS must self-disclose their need for such services to ODS at University Park or to the Disability Contact Liaison (DCL) at other Penn State campuses. To be eligible for academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and/or services through ODS or at other Penn State campuses, students must have a documented disability as defined by the Rehabilitation Act, 1973, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, 1990. The ADA defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity.