{"id":22,"date":"2016-05-18T23:13:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:50:08","slug":"public","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/public\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability accommodation for members of the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/public\/#Accommodation-requests\" >Accommodation requests<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/public\/#Accessibility-and-parking\" >Accessibility and parking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/public\/#Accommodation-at-the-UW-medical-facilities\" >Accommodation at the UW medical facilities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accommodation-requests\"><\/span>Accommodation requests<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We\u00a0can respond to your accommodation requests most effectively if we receive it as far in advance of the event as possible, preferably at least 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>For general disability accommodation requests, contact us at 206-543-6450, 206-685-7264 (fax), or <a href=\"mailto:dso@uw.edu\">dso@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For interpreting, captioning, amplification services, and TTYs, contact the Coordinator of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at 206-543-1415 (voice)\u00a0or <a href=\"mailto:dhhreq@uw.edu\">dhhreq@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact us, please provide the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your name, contact information, and today\u2019s date<\/li>\n<li>The name(s) of those needing services<\/li>\n<li>Date, start time, and end time of service<\/li>\n<li>Building name and room number<\/li>\n<li>Details of assignment, including the title of the event and the type of the event (such as lecture, presentation, meeting, concert, staff retreat, training)<\/li>\n<li>Type of service requested\u00a0(such as interpreting, captioning, amplification services, TTYs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accessibility-and-parking\"><\/span>Accessibility and parking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/getting-around\/transportation-and-parking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access Guide for Persons with Disabilities<\/a> contains maps with detailed descriptions of access to Seattle campus facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehs.washington.edu\/system\/files\/resources\/Focus-Sheet-disabilities-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Evacuation Topics for Persons with Disabilities focus sheet<\/a> discusses several options for an emergency evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>For information about parking\u00a0on University premises,\u00a0visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/facilities\/transportation\/park-disability\">disability parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accommodation-at-the-UW-medical-facilities\"><\/span>Accommodation at the UW medical facilities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5>UW Medical Center (UWMC)<\/h5>\n<p>UW Medical Center Teleservices provides a variety of adaptive equipment for patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who have speech impairments. TTYs (regular print, large print visual display, Braille), amplified headsets, flashing light and vibrating phone alert signalers, and TV decoders are available. To request adaptive equipment, call 206-598-6970 (voice).<\/p>\n<p>Public telephones are located on each floor of the medical center and in the main lobby. TTY pay phones are available in the medical center\u2019s lobby on the third floor and in the second floor east entrance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwmedicine.org\/locations\/uw-medical-center#directions-jump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View maps and information about UWMC parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5>UW Medical Center \u2014 Roosevelt<\/h5>\n<p>To contact the UW Medical Center \u2014 Roosevelt, call the main switchboard at 206-598-5700 (voice).<\/p>\n<p>There are public telephones in the lobby (first floor), including one that is TTY accessible.<\/p>\n<h5>Harborview Medical Center<\/h5>\n<p>To contact the Harborview Medical Center, call the main switchboard at 206-731-3000 (voice) or 206-731-3246 (TTY).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwmedicine.org\/locations\/harborview-medical-center#directions-jump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View maps and information about Harborview parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the services and accommodations UW provides to those visiting the campus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":127,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"Disability accommodation for members of the public - Disability Services Office","description":"Explore the services and accommodations UW provides to those visiting the campus."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}