Jane Jarrow

Glad to hear you found the information useful, Lisa! Dr. Jane Jarrow

Kenyatta, It means that, generally, you cannot deny entry to someone who is disabled whm you would have admitted if you hadn't known they were disabled. The bottom line is that the existence of disability is not a justifiable cause for denial. There may be lots of reasons that ARE justifiable. Dr. Jane Jarrow

Sherry-Lynn, Sounds as though it all had a happy ending, and that is the important thing. But I am guessing that what you understood the college to be providing because it was a nurturing environment (and nothing wrong with that!) was actually being provided because the deemed it necessary for access... and having full access meant that your son could be and was successful. Dr. Jane Jarrow

George , Good to hear. There are certainly a lot of technology applications than can help someone with a disability to do the same things everyone else does. Dr. Jane Jarrow

George , I can't disagree. So long as the focus is on skills, and not disability, the same standards can and should be of central focus. Dr. Jane Jarrow

Pamela, That is why it is important for such students to learn coping strategies while they are in college. The symptoms don't go away, but they can be managed. Dr. Jane Jarrow

Pamela, I would agree -- success is less limited by circumstances than by motivation. Dr. Jane Jarrow

Sherry-Lynn, It is disappointing that you know about the accommodation process, and yet didn't encourage your son to use it at the college level. It might have made his experience more comfortable. I am not sure what "redoes/retesting" is -- it is certainly not an accommodation for access -- but extended time in testing more definitely is, and is equally available online and in face-to-face classes. Dr. Jane Jarrow

George , Agreed. Students are not required to provide such in-depth information about their disability, but if they are comfortable in doing so, the faculty member may be better able to help determine alternate strategies. Dr. Jane Jarrow

George , Yes -- and no! There certainly may be activities that DO require the use of (for example) hearing. But there are a lot of activities that are generally done by hearing that could be done equally well through another channel (using signage, the written word, sign language, and so on. We have to be careful to separate out what is USUALLY done through vision, hearing, reaching, etc., from what MUST be done in that way alone. Dr. Jane Jarrow