Welcome to the
NCCSD Disability training ​
​for postsecondary Faculty & Instructors

​This website from the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD)
contains resources and professional development modules designed to help
faculty members, instructors, and teaching assistants
​learn more about disability and higher education.  
​We recommend you complete the introduction to this website and the first module.  Then select modules of interest to you or any modules required by your college or university. 

Click here for the introduction to this online training.
List of Modules
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Understanding Disability
1. "Disability 101"

Teaching and Learning
2.  Disability accommodations and the law
3.  Understanding student accommodation letters
4.  Universal Design for teaching and learning 
5.  Understanding access and accommodations for different types of disabilities

Beyond the Classroom
6.  Disability etiquette and language 
7.  Planning accessible events - including posters!!!
8.  Being an advisor for students with disabilities
9.  Advising or supporting student organizations related to disability
10.  Students with disabilities and violence on campus
11.  Supporting students who are struggling to get disability accommodations and services
12.  Creating disability-related resource lists for yourself and students
13. Resources for faculty, instructors and teaching assistants who have disabilities, mental health conditions, or chronic health conditions

Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
​In accordance with President Trump's Executive Order 14151 in 2025, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) this faculty training has removed all DEIA content, with the following exceptions:

1.  This training may use the word "accessibility," "disability," and "disabilities" when discussing federal law and students' right to disability accommodations.  Accessibility is part of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, which supersede Order 14151.

2.  The "Disability 101" module describes how the word "inclusion" has historically been used in special education and disability services in higher education.  "Inclusion" has been used for decades in ways that are different from DEIA's use of the word, so faculty can better understand accommodations if they learn about the history of that word.  Instruction about the disability interpretation of "inclusion" should not be viewed as promotion of DEIA.

3.  Information about other disability-related terms are described in Module 6 - not as a way to police others' language, but to know how to speak about disability in professional settings, and how to have good manners when interacting with disabled people.

4.  A few resources have DEIA-related titles.  We alert people to the fact that it is designed to be a DEIA resource, and which chapter or page to focus on for the required information, preventing people from needing to navigate the entire book or website.

5.  As the only national technical assistance center of its type, we understand that people may have questions about DEIA topics, including race and disability, issues for LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities, etc.   Contact the NCCSD for referrals to organizations or resources if you have questions about those topics.

Please contact the NCCSD if you have any questions.