The RCSD is a division of Student Services at the University of Victoria. In partnership with faculty, staff, and students, we promote educational equity for students with disabilities and support those students in achieving their academic goals. We provide services and coordinate academic accommodations to students. We also act as a resource to faculty and work with the University community to help create a more accessible learning environment.
We support the principles of Universal Design, which is the process of creating environments that are accessible to people with a wide range of abilities, disabilities and other characteristics. This includes the communication of information. Application of these principles minimizes the need for individual adaptations or accommodations.
For the purposes of accessing RCSD services and supports, a disability includes any long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment that may affect a student's performance in an academic setting. A disability may be permanent, long-term, or recurring in nature.
