Contact us
In-person: Needles Hall North, Room 1401
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 35082
Fax: 519-746-2401
Email: access@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo is committed to ensuring you can access, and meaningfully participate in, your education. AccessAbility Services is the University’s centralized office for the management of academic accommodations for all students with disabilities. The term ‘disability’ covers a broad range and degree of conditions that can be permanent, temporary, episodic, and suspected, including temporary disabilities, chronic conditions, disabling illness, as well as the physical, emotional, and psychological effects of a trauma (e.g., sexual violence).
At AccessAbility Services, we design and facilitate your academic accommodation plan by removing barriers and building your capacity for personal success. We work with you, your instructor, and others to ensure your accommodation plan is successfully implemented. There may be times where you have information and support needs that cannot be met within the scope of this office. In these instances, we will ensure you are informed of, and connected with, the campus resource that is best suited to meet your needs (e.g., Student Awards and Financial Aid, Registrar’s Office/Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Writing and Communication Centre, etc.).
All students with known or suspected disabilities or disabling conditions are welcome to apply, including:
We're open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with the exception of University of Waterloo holidays and Saturdays when scheduled for in-person midterms and final examinations.
Our office is locted in Needles Hall North, Room 1401.
In-person: Needles Hall North, Room 1401
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 35082
Fax: 519-746-2401
Email: access@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.