Academic Affairs

Disability Resources

President's Advisory Committee on
Disability Issues

Description of Committee

The UW System Policy on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability (RPD 14-10) states that the committee shall "provide information and recommendations (to the President) relating to individuals with disabilities." The committee is charged with providing recommendations in three major areas:

Policy and guideline implementation;
Procedures for periodic reporting of data regarding disabilities; and
Disability related issues raised by UW System Administration, institutions, or units.

The committee has been involved in promoting many issues to provide a supportive environment for students with disabilities, but over the past two years, it has promoted access to Assistive Technology and the implementation of a Universal Design in Higher Education grant from the Department of Education. The goal of this project is that all UW institutions will advocate to: 1) develop policies and procedures that support universal design, 2) plan on all levels to consider universal design principles, and 3) identify and support architectural, informational, and curricular experts on each campus to serve as resources in these areas.

The committee has ten members appointed by the President of the University of Wisconsin System, two of which are students selected by the United Council of Students. Tim O’Connor, tnoconno@facstaff.wisc.edu, Director of the Testing and Evaluation Service at UW-Madison, chairs the committee; Sal Carranza, scarranza@uwsa.edu, Senior Institutional Planner in the UW System Office of Academic Affairs, serves as staff.

Meetings

Meetings occur in the fall and the spring. Both meetings are usually face to face, in Madison, but, on occasion, they are held in conjunction with Disability Issues conferences held in the state.

Roster

Tim O'Connor (Committee Chair)
Senior Student Services Coordinator
UW-Madison
373 Educational Sciences
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-9151; Fax: 608-263-4291
e-mail: tnoconno@facstaff.wisc.edu
Term Expires: August 2012

Professor Robert McCallister
Chair, Natural Science Division
UW-Rock County
2909 Kellogg Avenue
Janesville, WI 53546
e-mail: robert.mccallister@uwc.edu
Term Expires: August 2013

Lynn Niemi, Coordinator
Disability Services
UW-Green Bay
SS 1700
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
920-465-2849; V/TTY 920-465-2841
e-mail: niemil@uwgb.edu
Term Expires: August 2012

Kathleen Deery
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
UW-Stout
232 Voc Rehab Bldg
Menomonie WI 54751
(715) 232-2233
e-mail: deeryk@uwstout.edu
Term Expires: August 2013

Renee Sartin Kirby, Coordinator
Disability Services
UW-Parkside
WYLL D175
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53141
262-595-2610 (TTY number is the same)
e-mail: kirby@uwp.edu
Term Expires: August 2012

Ricardo Mario Gonzales
Campus Facility Planner
UW-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Phone: (715) 836-5125
e-mail: gonzalrm@uwec.edu
Term Expires: August 2013

Christine Curley
ADA Coordinator
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Programs
UW Extension
Room 501-C
432 N. Lake Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-2406; Fax: 608-262-8404
e-mail: christine.curley@uwex.edu
Term Expires: August 2012

Elizabeth Watson, Coordinator
Center for Students with Disabilities
UW-Whitewater
2002 Andersen Library
800 W. Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
262-472-1630
262-472-4711 (TTY is on all incoming lines)
FAX: 262-472-4865
e-mail: watsone@uww.edu;
Term Expires: August 2013

Abigail Fabick
Student Representative
UW-Madison
1518 Comanche Glen,
Madison, WI 53704
e-mail: fabick@wisc.edu
Term Expires: August 2013

Roger O. Smith, Director
Rehabilitation Research Design & Disability (R2D2) Center
College of Health Sciences
UW-Milwaukee
Enderis Hall 975
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: 414-229-5625; Fax: 414-229-6843
e-mail: smithro@uwm.edu
CONSULTANT

UW System Administration Staff

Salvador (Sal) Carranza
Senior Institutional Planner
Office of Academic & Student Services
1630 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-9177; Fax: 608-263-2046
e-mail: scarranza@uwsa.edu

Revised 8/22/2011