Inver Hills Office of Accessibility Resources

Inver Hills Office of Accessibility Resources Ensuring access to educational programming and activities. We support allies and faculty with learning opportunities and professional development.

OAR is here to support the Disabled students on the Inver Hills campus through accommodations, learning opportunities, advocacy, and consultation. We ensure ADA compliance and respond to concerns of discrimination. We continue to learn and work to ensure that the OAR and the Inver Hills community is affirming and celebrating of minds and bodies of all kinds.

Curious when we are around over the break? Here's our schedule for the holidays! Wishing you all a peaceful and restorat...
12/22/2025

Curious when we are around over the break? Here's our schedule for the holidays!
Wishing you all a peaceful and restorative break between semesters!

Image Description: On a background of rainbow-colored snowflakes, a white box reads "OAR Winter Break Hours" and lists the hours of operation for the office of accessibility resources over the break.

12/12/2025

Congratulations, Inver Hills Community College! You made it through fall semester--next week is finals! Don't forget to check in to get your accommodations for next year set up! Find your answer to the question below, come see us, and start finals week with a new fidget!
Here is Matt with our final needoh finals question:
What is the primary purpose of college accessibility services?
Video description: A student wearing a red hoodie and glasses is sitting at the OAR front desk. They are holding paper and pick up a purple rainbow neeodh during the video.

12/11/2025

Happy Thursday Inver Hills Bees!! Only two days before finals start, so only two days left in the needoh countdown! Each day at 9, we post a question here. the first person to come see us with the correct answer gets a needoh prize!!
Here's OAR peer mentor Jarosh with today's question: In college, what does an "invisible disability" refer to?
Video description: A person with glasses and a blue shirt is sitting at the front desk of OAR. They are holding a black box with neon colored shapes all over it.

12/10/2025

Hi there, bees! Come to the learning center on this snowy morning! Each day until finals, the Office of Accessibility Resources will publish a question here. Look up your answer and come to OAR to claim a needoh! We are here to help!
Inver Hills Community College

Here's Will, an amazing work study, with today's question: True or false: College students with a high school Individualized Education Program (aka IEP) automatically receive the same accommodations in college.

Video description: A person wearing a rainbow neon hoodie, glasses, and a black beanie is seated at the front desk of the Office of Accessibility Resources. They are holding up paper, and later holding up a purple pretzel Needoh fidget.

12/09/2025

Good morning! It's day 4 of our winter break countdown! Did you know that the learning center is a great place to study independently or with a group? Come check out our group study spaces or get some support from a tutor as you prepare for finals! Swing by OAR while you are here and take a brain break in a sensory space or with our community puzzle. Don't forget to check for snacks!!
For the last few weeks, the Office of Accessibility Resources has posted a question about disability rights at college each day. If you're seeing this, look up your answer and come earn your prize! We have some unclaimed needohs still on hand, so feel free to come by any time! Inver Hills Community College--you're always welcome at OAR!
Here's one of our fantastic student workers, Tiffany, with today's question: What is universal design?

Video description: A person with long blonde hair and glasses is seated at the office of accessibility resources front desk. They are holding a black box with neon shapes all over it.

12/08/2025

Hi Inver Hills Community College! It's the last week before finals, so it's the last week of our fall semester countdown! If you need help getting your accommodations set up for finals or spring semester, come see us in the Office of Accessibility Resources today!
Each day at 9 we post a trivia question. The first answer can get the needoh from our countdown calendar!
Here's Maggie Laurel with today's question: Passed in 1973, what was the first federal law that prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in all federally funded programs and activities?

Video description: A person in a black and white striped shirt is seated in the learning center, holding a black box with neon shapes all over it.

12/05/2025

Six more school days until finals. Are you ready? Feel free to check in with OAR if you need support with your accommodations--and you can win the needoh while you are here!
Each day at 9, we post a question. If you come answer this question, you win a needoh!!
Here's Andrew from student senate with today's question:
This landmark civil rights law, passed in 1990, protects against disability-based discrimination n employment, public services, and public accommodations. What is it?
Video desription: A person wearing a navy blue hoodie is standing in the counseling and advising office. They are holding a black box with neon colored shapes all over it.

12/04/2025

Here it is--day 7 in the needoh countdown! Each day at 9, OAR posts a video with a trivia question. Stop by the learning center to answer the question and you can win the needoh!

Here's Kimberly with today's question: How many titles, or sections, are included in the ADA?

Want the snowball needoh? Come see us!

Video description: A person wearing a purple sweater is seated in an office within the student life office. In front of them on a desk is a black box with neon shapes on it.

12/03/2025

Welcome back for day 8 in the needoh winter break countdown! Each day at 9, the Office of Accessibility Resources shares a question--be the first person to come to OAR with your answer and you win the needoh! You can also ensure you are ready for finals by checking on accommodations or meeting with a tutor.
Here's John with today's question: Which title of the ADA specifically covers public services and requires reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities in public universities?

Video description: A person wearning a dark green sweater is sitting in the student life office, holding a black box covered with neon shapes.

12/02/2025

Hi everyone! We are down to the single digits before we get to winter break. Now is the time to reach out to the learning center for tutoring or access supports!
Welcome back to the winter break needoh countdown! Each school day at 9, we post a question and unboxing. Come to the front desk at the Learning Center and be the first one to answer the trivia question, and you get to keep the needoh!
Here's Landon with today's question:
In 1962, this student who used a wheelchair famously sued for the right to attend the Unviersity of California, Berkeley, and became a trailblazer for the disability rights movement. Who was he?

Video desciption: A person wearing a blue hoodie and backpack is standing in the advising center. They are holding a black box covered with neon shapes.

12/01/2025

Only ten days left in our needoh countdown to winter break!! Time is flying! Here's Taylor with today's question. Find your answer and bring it to the Office of Accessibility Resources!
We have lots of needohs left! Come get them!!
Inver Hills Community College
Today's Question: Name an example of a common academic adjustment provided by the college disabilities office.

Image Description: A person with short red hair and a gray scarf is seated on a blue couch in the trio center. On a red table in front of them is a black box with neon shapes all over it.

11/26/2025

Eleven days left until winter break! Come see us in the Office of Accessibility Resources if you are needing additional support--or if you want to win today's needo! Inver Hills Community College
Here's Allison with today's question: What is the term for technology that increases, maintains, or improves the functionality of people with disabilities?

Image Description: A person wearing a black shirt and tan blazer is standing in the counseling and advising center while holding a black box with neon shapes on it.

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