The Accommodation Process | Origin: CM251
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Students with Disabilities: Legal Obligations and Opportunities --> The Accommodation Process
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To make sure all the students have equall access to the school, the classrooms and labs as well as all the learning materials.
This module clarified the differences in accomodations necessary for equal access versus helping to foster success. It provided guidance on documentation of a disability and request for accomodations given that there are no specific laws related to it. The institution sets documentation requirements, but must follow the guiding principle that the documentation should establish that the person has a disability and identify accomodations required to assure equal access.
Accomodations aren't one size fits all and you can't assume what a student may need without discussing with them. Accomodations should be implemented early and are designed to equal the playing field but not make a disabled student's work easier or give them an advantage over others.
It seems that the issue of accomidation does not go hand in hand with guarantee of success and is often confused with just that. Sometimes it could be looked at as an unfair advantage and nothing could be farther from the truth. So simple explanations may help further understanding.
I have learned more about providing equal access to students. Universal design is new to me so I liked learning more about that along with the examples provided. I plan on applying this by looking at the design of buildings and environments to see if it is appropriately designed for access for all people.
Accommodations need to bring everyone to the same level. They should not provide unfair advantages to the users. I did not know about Universal Design, it's a very interesting concept!
Accomodations are very important to ensure that each student has the proper tools they need to go through school.
I learned about the UDL concept about 10 years ago. Many of our subject matter experts are trained on the UDL for course development on our LMS. We also use Quality Matters to ensure that learning materials are accessible for learners with disabilities.
accommodation should be made on the basis of access not success. the accommodation must fit the need or it its probable not required.
It must be made clear that we are accomodating them by providing the oportunity to suceed but not guaranteed they will succeed. There is a difference.
It is important to look at each case individually to find the best way to provide access to a student with disabilities. It is also very important to review the documentation that the student provides to show that the student does indeed need accommodations for access, to ensure that they are not receiving an unfair advantage over other students.
Provide equal access to students with disabilities. Be ready to help people with disabilities if they do ask for help. Not all the help will be there all the time, using common sense to help students with disability is the way to go.
See the closed captioning on TV's as a universal design component was new information to me that makes complete sense as a service for anyone with a disability that would benefit from its availability.
accomonadations are necessary to provide disabled students equal access
Universal design assure easy access
I thought this whole section was quite interesting and informative. I am now much more appreciative of universal design and how it has impacted everyone’s access and utilization of places and products. The examples of how universal design of learning (UDL) were eye opening, from the use of intuition of technology to appropriate multi-media formats to diversity of dietary needs. I also like the concept of universal design as leading with a philosophical though of access for everyone because it benefits all communities regardless of how they self-identity.
I learned that not all accomidations are the same. Accomidations for disabilites are based on the student's needs in order for them to feel successful.
I learned that Universal Design had such an impact on accommodations.
