Accessibility Resources

Angela Woon, an IT Communications Analyst with the IT Operating Model Program who has Retinitis Pigmentosa reducing her peripheral vision, reads a book on a Braille eReader.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of resources to support UCSF students, staff, faculty, trainees and visitors obtain information about disability accommodations and navigate UCSF disability-related resources. Resources also include accessible event best practices, inclusive recruitment and hiring practices, and strategies for promoting accessible learning environments using a Universal Design framework.

UCSF medical students Daisy Brambila, Emily Taketa, and Richard Ngo walk on Parnassus campus. A UCSF shuttle is parked in the background.

Maps Employees can review commonly-used meeting rooms and accessibility features. »

Janhavi Bonville, UCSF associate executive vice chancellor and provost, meets with UCSF Health vice president and chief of staff to the CEO Elizabeth Engel at UCSF's Mission Bay campus on Friday, June 6, 2023. (Photo by Noah Berger)

Employee Resources Support to employees with disabilities to ensure access and inclusion in the workplace. »

UCSF Student Disability Services (SDS) co-directors Clay Littrell and Timothy Montgomery are sitting at a table with their laptops open.

Student Resources Resources for individuals enrolled in UCSFs undergraduate education programs(excludes residents, post-doctorates, and fellows). »

Mindy Hebert-DeRouen, PhD, MPH, research specialist in the department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and co-investigator for the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry, working from her office at Mission Hall, at the UCSF Misision Bay campus, is celebrated in one of the monthly features on ucsf.edu of UCSF faculty, students and staff who live with a disability; Dr. DeRouen has Willis Ekbom Disease, otherwise known as Primary Restless Leg Syndrome, which causes severe sleep disorder.

Faculty Universal Design for Learning Resources Resources for creating accessible and inclusive learning environments and facilitating accommodations. »

UCSF shuttle driving North on Owens Street, with the Rutter Center in the background, at Mission Bay.

Campus and Health Facility Resources Maps, transportation, facilities, and real estate. »

A person types on a laptop while wearing compression gloves. The hands and keyboard are the focal point. Image courtesy of Disabled and Here.

Information Technology (IT) UCSF IT, web & digital accessibility, audio/video support, Educational Technology Services (ETS). »

A Deaf Black man smiles and looks at something in the distance while signing. The man has glasses, a beard, and septum piercing, and stands outdoors in front of a black wall with sunkissed foliage while wearing a peach shirt, smartwatch, beaded bracelet, and hair tied back with a bandana. Image courtesy of Disabled and Here.

Interpreter Services & Closed Captioning ASL interpreter services and closed captioning available to facilitate communications access. »

A group of people attending a lecture with a presenter on stage with a slide projecting on screen. In the audience are two wheelchair-users and audience members in chairs.

Toolkit for Planning Accessible Events at UCSF Concrete guidelines for planning accessible in-person, remote, and hybrid events. »

Brian Turner, product director at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), created and developed a clinical trial recruitment tool for the public to easily access and register for UCSF studies

Accessible and Inclusive Research Practices Best practices for enabling research participants with disabilities to participate in research studies at UCSF. »