The ADA at UC Santa Cruz

The University of California, Santa Cruz is committed to making its programs accessible, usable, and user-friendly to people with disabilities. This web site is intended to answer the most common questions about how to accomplish that, and how to access our programs. For more information about accessibility issues at UCSC, please contact Susan Willats at willats@ucsc.edu or 831/459-3759.

This Web site is organized as follows:

• General ADA Information
• Definitions of disability
• Common requests for accommodation
• Funding ADA Accommodations at UCSC
• Disability etiquette
• Disaster preparedness
• Who to contact
• Grievance procedures


• Access to Programs
• The Disability Resource Center
• The ADA for graduate students
• The ADA for community members


• Access to Employment
• The ADA for staff
• The ADA for faculty
• The ADA for graduate students
• Implementing Procedures for the ADA (staff)
• Implementing Procedures for the ADA (academic)


• Access to Facilities
• Making your office accessible
• Making your event accessible
• Elevator information
• Couches on Campus
• Wheelchair Users' Survival Guide


• Access to Computing
• Web accessibility at UCSC
• Adaptive technology on campus
• Adaptive technology in Instructional Computing Labs


• Access to Transportation
• Disability Van Service
• Accessible parking at UCSC