<p>As someone with a physical disability, I can say that pretty much every time I’ve tried to work through the disability office at either my undergrad or grad institution, they haven’t helped and have, indeed, made things <em>significantly</em> worse in several cases. Luckily (I guess?), my disability is really obvious, so the minor accommodations I usually need (e.g., writing on the test instead of using a scantron) have usually been granted without question. I’m still technically registered with the office, but I would pretty much never try to work with them again, unless I was totally and completely out of options and had absolutely nothing to lose. I know that there are plenty of wonderful disability offices out there, but after having awful experiences with two different offices, several times bitten, a million times shy. YMMV.</p>