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Navigating Disabilities

The University has a commitment to treat all members of the ND community fair and equitably. In support of this, please see the specific benefits highlighted below that may be of assistance to employees with disabilities. Also compiled are local, state, and national organizations and resources that support and advocate for these individuals to help them live full and vibrant lives.

Accessibility and Accommodations for Employees

Back Up Care

Notre Dame provides a back-up care benefit to assist faculty, staff, and graduate students in managing personal commitments through Bright Horizons. This program includes back-up care for unexpected, short-term child care needs and virtual tutoring along with an online provider directory for on-going family care solutions.

  • Bright Horizons - Provides short-term, last-minute child and elder care services, virtual camps, and virtual tutoring for low, University-subsidized co-payments.
  • Sittercity (babysitting, housekeeping, dog walking, etc.) - Activate your free membership to connect with care providers.
  • Chiara Home - A service of The Logan Center, Chiara House provides respite care for all individuals with special needs of all age groups.  It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Healthcare

  • ND Wellness Center - This onsite workplace wellness center offers healthcare and pharmacy services for benefit-eligible Univesity faculty, staff, and their eligible dependents. Employees and their eligible dependents can utilize the Wellness Center for their primary care and family care needs and much more.
  • Summus - Summus provides participants virtual access to a network of world-class medical experts and specialists. This concierge service will assist members with their medical issues while helping to navigate the complex world of medicine.
  • Health Advocate - This is a special benefit for faculty, staff, spouses, dependent children, and parents in law to help you and your entire family navigate both the clinical and administrative aspects of the healthcare system.
  • LiveHealth Online - Anthem's digital service provides an easy and convenient way to see a doctor when you aren't feeling well.

  • Anthem provider search - Access your Anthem account to search for in-network providers, including primary care providers and specialists. You can search by type of care or procedure needed.

Well-Being

  • Employee Assistance Program (CareBridge) - CareBridge provides assistance to employees in dealing with a variety of personal and family challenges to support their overall wellbeing.
  • Calm - Enhance your mindfulness and decrease your stress through the Calm app.
  • Well-Being for Life Platform - The Well-Being for Life platform helps you achieve your health goals - while earning rewards - with a fun and engaging experience that delivers powerful resources right to your fingertips. Employees also receive free access to the following apps within the Well-Being for Life platform.
    • Enrich - Financial well-being application that provides personal finance tools and budgeting guidance.
    • Foodsmart - Nutrition application that makes eating well simple with access to thousands of recipes and grocery lists.
    • Koa Health - Emotional well-being application with a full library of content related to supporting children, burnout, sleep, loneliness, and so much more.
    • Wellbeats - Virtual fitness application that provides access to a video library of more than 800 exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness classes that cater to any age, gender, interest, or ability level, including family fitness classes.
  • Special Outdoor Leisure Opportunities (SOLO) - SOLO provides outdoor educational and recrational winter opportunities for persons with disabilities from St. Joseph and nearby counties.
  • Reins of Life - Therapeutic horseback riding
  • Logan Center Wellness Program - Provides recreational, social, skill-building, and health-related programs to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Additional Resources

  • ADEC - ADEC proudly advocates for and serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they can live lives full of informed choice and possibility.
  • Advocacy Links - Their staff is dedicated to finding resources and filling the gaps in or between services for individuals with varying levels of ability, regardless of age or funding stream.
  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism.
  • Bureau of Disabilities Services - BDS administers programs that support children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Indiana to live their best life through community supports and residential options.
  • Camp REYOAD @ Epworth Forest - Camp REYOAD’s heart consists of loving REmarkable YOuth and ADults while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ through community, growth, and fun. Participants are 18 years and older with intellectual disabilities.
  • Camp Sharing Meadows - An inclusive Christian camp for our adult friends with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, where a vibrant blend of community, faith, and creative exploration takes center focus. 
  • Disabilities Resources Index (Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities)
  • FINDER - Indiana Disability Resource Finder; directory of services, programs and helpful articles for the disability community
  • Indiana Institute on Disability and Community - Connects Indiana University to the broader Indiana community through the sharing of ideas and innovations to improve communities and lives.
  • Job Accommodation Network - The leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues.
  • L’Arche - L'Arche communities provide homes and workplaces where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together as peers, create inclusive communities, and transform society through relationships that cross social boundaries.
  • Michiana Down Syndrome - Support and advocacy group focusing on improving the lives of individuals with Down Syndrome and their families
  • Self Advocates Becoming Empowered - National self-advocacy organization to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals
  • Special Olympics St. Joseph County (area 1 in Indiana)