About & contact

Digital content includes electronic documents, websites, videos, software applications and mobile applications. Our aim is to provide accessible digital content that everyone can use, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors with disabilities. Physical accessibility includes equal access to university buildings, parking, and outdoor spaces.

If you encounter inaccessible digital content or spaces, please report them to us.

Accommodation support

We provide multiple services to university students, faculty and staff with disabilities.

Students

Disability Resources for Students (DRS)

Alice LeFlore
Director of Disability Resources for Students
Contact Alice via email

Faculty & Staff

Organizational Excellence & Human Resources (OEHR)

Sharene Peltier
Human Resources Manager
Phone: (425) 352-5307

Accessibility training and support

Digital content

IT Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) team

Ana Thompson MIS, CPACC
Academic & Access Technologist
Contact Ana via email

UW Bothell websites

Marketing & Communications
web team

Ashley Uchytil
Program Manager
Contact MarComm via email

Serving all of our students

According to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of students between the ages of 17 and 44 in higher education that disclosed a disability was 22%, (Okoro, 2018). The actual number of college students who experience one or more disabilities is much higher. To put it into perspective, 94% of high school students with learning disabilities receive some form of assistance. In contrast, only 17% of college students with learning disabilities take advantage of learning assistance resources at their school. According to the Hechinger Report,”it can be hard for learning-disabled students to ask for help in college and not just because of ignorance or a perceived stigma associated with disabilities.”

Now more than ever, it is important that academic materials are as accessible as possible. When we make digital content universally accessible, it benefits everyone, not just those persons with disabilities.

By promoting accessibility awareness and Universal Design, we aim to create a high-quality higher education system that provides expanded opportunity for everyone. We also hope to provide quality curricula by making use of the best of educational technology in support of teaching and learning and build an inclusive and supportive community of learning and incorporate diverse perspectives.