Available accessibility services and resources to the UW-Madison community addressing accommodations, facilities, transportation, designing for accessibility, academic research, fitness and recreation.
Accommodations
Changes, adjustments, auxiliary aids, or services provided so a person with a disability can enjoy the same opportunities, benefits, and privileges.
Request an
accommodation
Transportation
Accessible transportation options on campus, including accessible parking, routes, buses, pedestrian maps, and building maps.
Accessible transit and parking
Buying tech
To ensure accessibility, decisions about which products to purchase must consider accessibility early and throughout the process.
Procure accessible technology
Digital accessibility, including websites
Fundamentals
What is digital accessibility and how to design accessible content.
Web, media, documentation
Make accessible websites, images, videos, documents, emails and more.
More digital accessibility
Course content, procuring accessible technology and accessibility evaluations.
Transportation and getting around
Transit, parking, maps, and routes
Road closures, construction, and snow
Wheelchair loans
Wheelchair loans at UW-Madison
UW–Madison offers several wheelchair loan programs for use at the university:
- Wisconsin Union wheelchairs: available for short-term use only inside the Memorial Union or Union South building on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, visit the Memorial Union or Union South information desk. Be prepared to provide a government-issued identification card and complete a short form.
- Campus Tour program wheelchairs: only available for the Admissions Information Session AND Campus Tour events offered through Visit Bucky. These wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first serve basis. Inquire about availability by emailing visitbucky@admissions.wisc.edu.
- General Wheelchair Loan program: for any community member – whether student, employee, or guest, who needs a wheelchair to access a university event or workspace. Complete the UW–Madison General Wheelchair Loan Request form or email acccommodations@recwell.wisc.edu for availability. (NOTE: all wheelchairs are already loaned out between May 7 – 12, 2026)
Wheelchair loans from local organizations
Additionally, the following local organizations may have wheelchairs available:
Accessible facilities
Elevators and accessible classrooms
Emergency planning
Academic research
UW Disability Studies
Initiative
An academic program exploring models and theories that examine social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define disability and help determine personal and collective responses to difference.
Rehabilitation Psychology and
Special Education
An academic program committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities by preparing leaders to serve as resources and advocates through local, state, national, and international collaborations.
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Assistive technologies, building accessibility, research assistance, paging services, digital delivery and more services from UW Libraries.
Fitness and recreation
Camp Randall and Kohl Center accessibility guides
Athletics Guest Services provides a variety of services to make Game Day accessible to every Badger fan.
Inclusive fitness spaces, programs and how Recreation and Wellbeing is working to create a more accessible UW-Madison.
Adapted Fitness and Personal Training
Classes for students with permanent and temporary disabilities looking to improve fitness and develop a healthy or healthier lifestyle.
Hoofers Accessible Sailing Club
Offering sailing instruction that stresses safety and fun and can be modified in numerous ways to fit individual needs.