Accessibility @ Mason

Policies

For additional questions about campus access, and employee accommodations contact the ADA Coordinator:

Thomas Bluestein
AVP for DEI/Title IX & ADA Coordinator

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
MS: 2C2
Voice: 703-993-8730
Fax: 703-993-8899
ada@gmu.edu

Below you will find the relevant federal and state disability laws, guidelines, university policies guiding Mason’s mission to ensure equivalent access to it’s programs and services:

Relevant Disability Laws & Guidelines

  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opens a new window – Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin – and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 — the ADA is an “equal opportunity” law for people with disabilities.
  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act opens a new window – Federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). For additional information, visit Section 504 – Frequently Asked Questions opens a new window.
  • Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act opens a new window – Enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals.
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) opens a new window – WCAG covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make web content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including accommodations for blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these, and some accommodation for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations. As of January 2018, WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA have been merged into the Section 508 Standards.

University Policies