Hello and Goodbye!
We are excited to welcome our incoming students to UT and to SSD! Please read our newsletters carefully so you are aware of upcoming opportunities and important updates and reminders.
For our students who are leaving UT, this will be your last newsletter from SSD. You will receive an individual email from SSD once your file is inactivated. Your SSD file will be kept according to our record retention policy, so plan accordingly if you need copies of your documentation or proof of your accommodations. You can find more information online at SSD’s Reactivation and Maintenance of Records .
Apply for the SSD Advisory Committee!
SSD is accepting applications for students to serve on the 2021-2022 SSD Advisory Committee. This committee provides student perspective on SSD policies, procedures and programming and involves attending one meeting a month. More information and the application is available online. Applications are due August 8th.
Mark Your Calendar: Accommodation Orientation
SSD will be hosting virtual Accommodation Orientation for incoming and returning students the week of August 16th. We will be offering sessions to meet with your Coordinator as well as special sessions focused on specific types of accommodations. We will also have some exciting updates about the new Campus Testing Center that will be launched as a pilot program in Fall. Check your emails in early August for more information!
New: Campus Testing Center
SSD is excited to be partnering with Testing and Evaluation Services to pilot a new Campus Testing Center starting in Fall 2021. Students registered with SSD and instructors will receive more details before the start of the Fall semester via email, the SSD website and the SSD Portal about using this new space for accommodated testing.
Wheelchair/Adaptive Tennis
Join SSD and RecSports for tennis on Monday nights from 7-8:30pm on Courts 18 and 19 at Whitaker Field. No experience or equipment required! RSVP to emily.s@austin.utexas.edu if you plan to attend!
Need a refresher on using accommodations at UT?
Check out our Youtube channel with short video tutorials on using the SSD Student Portal, communicating with your instructors and more!