Services Offered

To create an inclusive and enabling environment for differently abled students, Universal Accessibility and Disability Services (UADS) offers the following services:

Reasonable Accommodation

Concessions (Tests & Exams)

Facilitation of exam venues for differently abled students

Scribes (available on request)

Accessible transport

Accessible student housing

Adaptive technology (devices and software – advised by NSFAS)

Referrals to available student funding

Universal design and access (infrastructure). UADS advise and facilitate the process.

Awareness and Sensitisation

Orientation and mobility for blind and partially sighted students

Awareness campaigns

Advocacy and counselling on disability related issues

Orientation of new, differently abled students

Braille Transcription Services (consultant, student and lecturer responsibilities)

Tests and exams

Adaptive text arrangements and other accessible formats