# Tools & Resources

**Source**: https://accessibility.harvard.edu/tools-resources
**Parent**: https://accessibility.harvard.edu

# Tools & Resources

## Tools and Resources available to the Harvard Community

[### Frequently Asked Questions](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/frequently-asked-questions)

Common questions from Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors to Harvard.

[### Harvard Celebrates 504!](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/harvard-504)

Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is part of the first U.S civil rights law on disability and is anti-discrimination legislation providing access rights in education. Section 504 paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities...

[### Harvard Ombuds Office](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/ombuds)

The Harvard Ombuds Office supports an ethical and civil culture, encouraging mutual understanding and resolution through respectful dialogue and fair processes.

[### Professional Organizations and Local Resources](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/professional-organizations)

Blind Low Vision, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Assistive Technology, Website and Design, Higher Ed Organization, and Facility Access Resources

[### Student Accommodation Coordinators](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/student-coordinators)

Students who wish to request alterations, changes, or modifications to any Harvard policy, practice or procedure (i.e. to request reasonable accommodations), should contact their school's Local Disability Coordinator (LDC).

[### Vendors & Service Providers](https://accessibility.harvard.edu/vendors)

Vendors that may be useful in your office’s exploration of an individual’s reasonable accommodation request.