Disability Accommodations

USAC is dedicated to working closely with students with disabilities to ensure the best study abroad experience possible. You may request reasonable accommodations after your initial application is complete. We routinely receive requests for scheduling, material, and environmental accommodations for the classroom setting, which may include assistive technology, scribes and readers, printed material, and interpretation. Mobility accommodations, including access to buildings or transportation assistance, have also been requested at program sites. Dietary accommodations are feasible for some housing situations.

Don’t hesitate to ask, but please understand the availability of accommodation varies from program site to program site. Your request will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

It is common for USAC to receive requests regarding a student’s condition(s), including, but not limited to:

• ADHD
• Autism
• Blind/Low vision
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Dyslexia
• Learning disabilities
• Motor limitation
• Physical condition or injury

To make your request, your home university disability resource center or physician must complete a Disability Accommodation Request Form. You may download the form through your Gateway account under the Health & Safety Documents section. The completed form must be emailed to health@usac.edu.

Worldwide program sites that recognize disability events

World Braille Day – January 4
International Wheelchair Day – March 1
World Down Syndrome Day (United Nations Day) – March 21
World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) – March 24
World Autism Awareness Day – April 2
World Health Day – April 7
Parkinson’s Disease International Awareness Day – April 11
Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 18
World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day – May 30
Disability Pride Month – July
International Day of Sign Languages – September 22
World Day of the Deaf – Last Sunday in September
World Mental Health Day – October 10
World Diabetes Day – November 14
International Day of Disabled Persons (United Nations) – December 3

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