Disability Services Office (D.S.O.) 

Office: Suite 210 University Pavilion
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (except University Holidays)  
Phone: 513-556-6823  
TTY: 513-556-3277  
Fax: 513-556-1383 
Email: disabisv@ucmail.uc.edu 
Web: http://www.uc.edu/sas/disability 

D: Designing accommodation plans with students that lead to success, independence, and responsibility.

S: Serving the University, students, faculty, and the community.

O: Open to change as a professional staff in a journey of discovery with students.

The Disability Services Office staff is dedicated to empowering students with disabilities through the delivery of reasonable accommodations and support services while educating the U.C. community to see beyond disabilities (physical, cognitive, psychiatric) to the richness of inclusion.

Students with disabilities who need academic accommodations or other specialized services while attending the University should contact the Disability Services Office. Qualified students will receive reasonable accommodations to meet their individual needs as well as advocacy assistance on disability-related issues.

The University of Cincinnati is strongly committed to maintaining an environment that guarantees students with disabilities full access to its educational programs, activities, and facilities. In order to ensure timely implementation of academic accommodations, requests for accommodations or services should be made at least eight weeks in advance of the beginning of each quarter or as soon as possible after a disability has been confirmed. Requests for interpreters or real-time captioning for special programs or events should be made at least two weeks prior to the event.

Professional Staff
Debra Spotts Merchant, JD, Director
Matthew Sauer, Ph.D., Program Coordinator
Michael Southern, Accommodation Coordinator
Gregory Crase, Associate Director, CART Coordinator 

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