Office of Accessible Education
The Office of Accessible Education (OAE) is a resource in the PAU Community for students, faculty and staff. The OAE works directly with students who have disabilities to secure reasonable accommodation.
Services for Students with Disabilities
A student with a disability is a person who: has a physical or mental impairment which limits one or more major life activity (such as walking, seeing, speaking, learning, or working); has a record with the school of such impairment, or is regarded by the school as having such an impairment, or who is otherwise defined by law as a qualified disabled student. Individuals who have disabilities can choose whether or not they wish to disclose their disability and seek disability-related accommodation with the Office of Accessible Education. Services for students with disabilities at PAU are available to those individuals who complete the request process for reasonable accommodation.
Requesting Reasonable Accommodations
Information about the process for requesting disability-related accommodation is available in the Student Disability Services Handbook.
Students with qualified disabilities can request reasonable accommodations through the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). The Office of Accessible Education is located on the Mountain View Campus, 1172 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94040, Room 112. The phone number is 650-433-3818. The Office of Accessible Education can meet students at all PAU locations or via Zoom.
Students with disabilities must meet the qualifications and requirements expected of PAU students, and must be able to perform the essential requirements of the curriculum, either with or without reasonable accommodations.
Use of Service Animals
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a service animal is any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. Please consult the Student Disabilities Services Handbook for more information regarding service animals and emotional support animals.