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FOR PARENTS

We welcome your son/daughter to UNC Charlotte to begin this new phase in life. The staff at the Office of Disability Services applauds your great energy and advocacy in helping them to reach this milestone. Our approach to working with your son/daughter is one that involves promoting independence and self-advocacy. Our goal is to help each student have a positive college experience by ensuring equal access to academic programs and promoting inclusion across the university.

To help reach this goal, each student is responsible for making an appointment with one of our counselors at the beginning of each semester. During this appointment, the student and counselor will discuss appropriate accommodations for each semester based on his/her specific disability and course work load. We also encourage students to maintain contact with the Office of Disability Services to notify us of any additional accommodation needs that may occur during the semester.

Students may not begin college with the self-knowledge and advocacy skills that will be necessary later in life, but as each student advances through his/her college career, we encourage them to be their own best self-advocate as they prepare to enter the professional world. It has been our experience that students are successful with this endeavor. This has been demonstrated by their ability to converse and express their individual needs with the Office of Disability Services staff, their professors, and other people involved in their educational growth.

Each student’s privacy is of utmost importance. Confidentiality is provided and protected by a privacy act known as FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Under no circumstances will a student’s disability related information be disclosed to anyone without the student’s informed and written consent.

If you have any questions regarding the services or specific accommodations provided by the Office of Disability Services at UNC Charlotte, please contact us Monday-Friday 8am-5pm at 704-687-4355.