Office of Accessibility

We believe creating and maintaining usable, equitable, and inclusive learning environments is a shared responsibility of the campus community. We work with professors to design learning environments with usability in mind, which benefits every student and increases access for all. Our goal is to assist students with disabilities in accessing their environments as seamlessly as non-disabled students. The Office of Accessibility works to help Champlain College design barrier-free environments to the greatest extent possible. If some barriers to access cannot be removed in a timely manner, we will work one-on-one with students to determine reasonable accommodations. This requires the student to actively engage in the interactive process with our office, and when needed, with faculty.

The Office of Accessibility assists in making reasonable accommodations for an otherwise qualified student or applicant for admission. The accommodations that students use are put in place to ensure equal access, not success. Students with disabilities are held to the same standard of academic achievement as all other students.