Meeting with Disability Services (DS)
Disability Services is an appointment-based service.
Booking an appointment: To book an appointment with Disability Services, a student must first register with our office.
Registration with Disability Services: To register with Disability Services, please follow the Disability Registration Process.
Students who are registered with Disability Services: Students who have already had an Intake Appointment and are fully registered with Disability Services can Log in to Accommodate to book an appointment.
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For more information about the Disability Services Office, please complete the more information form for Prospective / Admitted Students.
Welcome to the Disability Services Office!
Important Student Updates
Incoming Students for Fall 2025
Are you a prospective or Incoming UMass Lowell (UML) student with questions about Disability Services or navigating college with a disability?
Join us on Monday, April 14, 2025, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. for the DS Peer Coach Office Hour on Zoom.
Drop in anytime — no registration, no need to stay for the entire meeting, or join right at the start. You will have a chance to chat with current students who are registered with academic accommodations and ready to share their experiences and answer your questions. You may even make a few connections!
Students only, please.
Families are welcome to visit our upcoming session of Disability Services at UMass Lowell: Developing Self-Advocacy / Passing the Baton from Parent / Guardian to Student.
Registration with Disability Services
Spring 2025 registration is now open. If your documentation has been approved, please log in to Accommodate to schedule an Intake appointment.
To start the registration process with Disability Services, please complete the Public Accommodations Request form and upload your documentation.
Semester / Accommodations Requests
Accommodations requests for Spring 2025: Students who are fully registered with Disability Services will be able to submit their accommodations request. The last day to do this for Spring 2025 Accommodation is April 25, 2025.
Accommodations request for students taking Summer 2025 Classes will open on May 12, 2025.
Intake Appointments: All students who have started the registration process and have received a confirmation email approving their documentation can log in to Accommodate with your student credentials to book their intake appointments. The last for Intake Appointments to receive accommodations for Spring 2025 is April 25, 2025.
Testing Center Information
Student who are registered with Disability Services and need access to the Testing Center must log in to Accommodate and submit their Accommodations Request.
Students not registered with Disability Services and have never had access to the Testing Center, please complete a Public Accommodations Request form to request access. Once approved, you will receive an email with instructions on how to proceed.
Students who have previously been granted access to the Testing Center, but do not have access for the current semester, please email: Disability@uml.edu with your Name and Student ID to request access.
Students who need to schedule a make-up exam for a past semester, please contact the Testing Center directly as they will need to do this manually.
For any other testing needs, please follow the guidelines on the Testing Center website.
Please use the helpful links below for next steps: