Jane Jarrow

I am not sure exactly what you've said here, Bruce. Are you suggesting that if the instructor knows more about the disability, he/she will be in a better position to decide whether the accommodation is appropriate? I would be careful with that. The decision as to what accommodation must be made in order to assure access should be made by someone who has full access to the documentation of disability AND who is assigned that responsibility on the part of the institution. If individual faculty change or override those decisions, not only may the student not have full access, but… >>>

You've certainly approached this from the right direction, Christopher -- and you are right on target in your observations. Much of what would have created insurmountable difficulties for someone with a disability in years past is no doable through the use of technology. For that matter, it is not uncommon for procedures that would have been impossible for a person with a disability in the past to now be done in an entirely different fashion by EVERYONE -- a fashion that eliminates the barrier (such as your example of the machine that does urine analysis that might previously have been… >>>