Disabled Student Services
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Room 409-S
713-221-8430

UH-Downtown has an accessible, comfortable environment for students with physical disabilities.

The campus has two connected multi-story buildings, with elevators serving every floor. Students are able to move from class to class with no worries about exposure to the weather. To assist with transportation needs, METROLift provides pick-up and drop-off service under the protection of the covered parking garage.

Disabled Student Services meets the special needs of disabled students in the university. These services are designed to assist students and instructors with placement testing; priority registration and scheduling; academic advising and counseling; and testing accommodation, including taped and enlarged tests, and proctored, extended testing time.

In addition, the staff advises instructors on classroom accommodation techniques, tutoring, faculty liaison/advocacy and community agency liaisons.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 stipulates that disabled students must be accommodated so that they may achieve at a level at which they are capable. More detailed information may be found in the Disabled Requirements Handbook of the Federal Programs Advisory Service, U.S. Department of Education.