Support networks

• UI Student Organizations—There are more than 400 student organizations at Iowa. Those of interest to students with disabilities may include Best Buddies or the American Sign Language Club.

Campus and community resources

• Student Disability Services—This University office provides and facilitates academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities.
• Assistive Technology Services—This office is in charge of implementing various technologies across campus to empower and enable University faculty, staff, and students with disabilities.
• Center for Disabilities & Development—This University-based organization was created by the state in 1947 to improve the health and independence of people with disabilities through research, training, information, and health care.
• Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa—This community-based non-profit organization provides training and employment for people with disabilities.
• Iowa Program for Assistive Technology—This University-based state program works with consumers, service providers, and state and local agencies to promote awareness and training regarding assistive technology.
• Transit Service/Bionic Bus—The University-wide bus service operates two types of service for students, faculty, and staff with permanent or temporary disabilities, including Bionic Bus, a door-to-door, demand-response service.

Education and advocacy

• Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity—This University office supports and enhances the University's commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students at Iowa.
• Council on Disability Awareness—This group works to encourage the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life.
• Faculty & Staff Disability Services—This office advises college and department administrators, employees, and applicants about federal and state law, regulations, and University policy.