{"id":2,"date":"2016-01-25T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T16:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:15:39","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greetings from the Office of Accessible Education and Student Support<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The office of Accessible Education and Student Support Services at Bates is committed to fostering the well-being and resilience of the whole person. Our dedicated staff provide an integrated, equitable and accessible foundation of resources, advocacy, and guidance to help students navigate the complexities of a collaborative residential community and the demands of rigorous liberal arts scholarship. By consulting extensively with faculty and staff across the College, we champion inclusive design to empower every student to persist and thrive within the Bates community, regardless of background or ability.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/staff-clone\/\">contact us<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap btn-start-open\" id=\"911191f0-14ac-4559-b780-8b4cbd3ca57a\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"911191f0-14ac-4559-b780-8b4cbd3ca57a\" aria-pressed=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Frequently Requested Links<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"911191f0-14ac-4559-b780-8b4cbd3ca57a\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/requesting-services\/how-to-register-for-accommodations\/\">How to Request&nbsp;Accommodations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/requesting-services\/documentation-guidelines\/\">Documentation Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/resources\/accommodations-and-student-responsibilities\/\">Accommodations and Student Responsibilities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/temporary-conditions-and-injuries\/\">Temporary Conditions and Injuries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/residence-life-and-housing\/residence-life-and-housing-accommodations\/\">Residence Life and Housing Accommodations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/students\/resources-for-new-students\/\">Resources for New Students&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accessible Education and Student Support<\/strong><br>48 Campus Avenue<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/map\/#ladd-library\">Ladd Library G35<\/a><br>Lewiston, Maine 04240<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education\/about-us\/directions-to-our-office\/\">Directions to our office<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:2077866222\">207-786-6222<\/a><br><a href=\"tel:2077868290\">Fax: 207-786-8290<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:accessibility@bates.edu\">accessibility@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:studentsupport@bates.edu\">studentsupport@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from the Office of Accessible Education and Student Support The office&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}