Resources for Students, Employees, Families and Visitors
Our comprehensive accessibility resources help create an inclusive environment for students pursuing their education, employees advancing their careers and visitors engaging with our campus community. We welcome you to:
- Learn about campus accessibility with our map, transportation and facility information.
- Explore our accessibility toolkit for an overview of important topics.
- Learn about types of assistive technology, such as screen readers, that help users access information and services.
Accommodations
Accommodations are adjustments that allow people with disabilities to have equitable access to education, employment, and university resources and services.
Interpreting Services
The Disability Resource Center provides sign language interpreters and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services for academic purposes and university-related events.
Closed Captioning Services
Closed captioning makes video content accessible to those with hearing impairments. The Disability Resource Center assists students, faculty and staff with their closed captioning needs.
Barriers to Accessibility
NIU strives to identify and remove barriers to accessibility. You can help by reporting any accessibility barriers you encounter at the university.
Additional Resources
Students
- Explore student support services compiled by the Disability Resource Center, including academic, on-campus and off-campus support.
- Get involved! Visit Huskie Hub to learn more about the following organizations:
- Communicative Disorders Student Association
- Rehabilitation Counseling Student Association
- Signing Huskies American Sign Language (ASL) Club
Faculty
- The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) provides many resources related to accessible teaching, including:
- The Disability Resource Center provides answers to frequently asked questions about student accommodations.
- To help ensure the accessibility of your CV when posting online or sharing digitally, view an accessible sample CV (DOCX) and/or CV template (DOTX).
All Employees
- Human Resource Services provides information on:
- Campus and national accessibility resources
- Voluntarily disclosing a disability (separate from requesting accommodations)
- If your work involves creating content for the NIU website or digital distribution, you’ll need to ensure the content is accessible. Learn about digital content accessibility.
- If your work involves acquiring electronic or information technology for the university, learn about purchasing accessible technology.
Families and Visitors
- If you have a family member with a disability who is attending NIU, the Disability Resource Center’s information for families can help you support them.
- Visit our interactive campus map to locate accessible parking, building entrances and elevators. Learn more about accessible transportation and facilities.