Accommodations for Visitors and Program Participants

The University of Wisconsin-Madison provides processes for visitors and program participants who are not employees or students to request reasonable accommodations.  Our goal is to provide a prompt response for reasonable accommodation requests and to provide access to the programs and facilities of the university. Most accommodations for visitors and program participants are provided directly…

Sign Language Interpreting or Live Professional Captioning (CART) Coordinated through the McBurney Disability Resource Center

Need to request a sign language interpreter or professional live captioning for yourself or someone else at UW-Madison? The McBurney Disability Resource Center can coordinate sign language interpreting and live professional captioning (CART) services for disability-related accommodation requests and for public access requests for students, staff, faculty, visitors, program participants, and University job applicants for UW-Madison events.

McBurney Center Ambassador Program

The McBurney Ambassador Program is part of the Transition Services Program effort to assist new freshmen during their first year on campus. Incoming freshmen will have the opportunity to match with an upperclassman McBurney Ambassador …

Undiagnosed Students

Worried About Your Academic Performance? Difficulty with school performance can occur at any point in a student’s academic experience. These difficulties can be due to the following: Common factors Mental health or AODA concerns Learning or attention difficulties Common Factors Difficulty with school performance can occur at any point in a student’s academic experience. Some…

Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

McBurney Center General Scholarships Information McBurney Center general scholarships are available to current and incoming UW-Madison undergraduate, graduate, and professional students whose disability(s) has been verified through the McBurney Disability Resource Center and who will …

Sign Language Interpreting and Captioning

The McBurney Center works with students who are Deaf or hard of hearing to develop an accommodation plan to ensure that students have communication access in the class.

Alternative Testing

Alternative Testing accommodations provide access to course tests, mid-terms, quizzes, final exams, and other assessments.  Most common alternative testing accommodations are provided within the departments. Students should discuss and arrange their test accommodations with faculty as early as possible (generally, no later than the end of the third week of the semester). Most students complete…