Services for Students with Disabilities

Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), within the Office of Student Affairs at NU-Q, promotes a fully inclusive and accessible academic experience for all students, free from physical and attitudinal barriers, insuring accessibility to all university programs.

To be eligible for disability related services a student must:

• Apply and be accepted for admission to NU-Q through the regular admissions process
• Provide current and comprehensive documentation of a temporary or permanent disability which requires accommodation
• Register with SSD at the beginning of each semester

SSD obtains and files disability-related documents, certifies eligibility for services, determines reasonable accommodations and develops plans for the provision of such accommodations. 

SSD offers accommodations counseling, evaluation referral, disability-related information, adaptive technology services and equipment, interpreter services for academically related purposes, learning strategy support, coaching and psychological support. SSD does not offer nor pay for disability evaluations or testing, tutoring, personal expenses, attendants or scholarships.

For a detailed description of the registration process, information about disabilities, documentation guidelines or any other questions about our services or disabilities in general, please contact our office.  We are located in 3088 in the NUQ Student Affairs suite. The office is open Sundays and Mondays 8:30am-4:30pm and Thursdays 8:30am-2:30pm.  Students may contact us by emailing patricia.collins@northwestern.edu or calling 4454-5073.