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Mary,
No -- it would be wonderful if there were some standard list of accommodations-by-disability, but it doesn't work that way. We assign accommodations on the basis of need, not on the basis of a label. Not all students with the same disability will have the same need of support. If I were you, I would push for more information to be made available from the institutional personnel charged with disability services. You don't need to know the label so much as you need a better understanding of the impact of that student's disability. Then, too, you can talk to the student directly. You want to make it clear that your inquiries are not from idle curiosity, but from a desire to help ("If I understood more about the difficulties you are having, I might be able to figure out how to help"). Good luck!

Dr. Jane Jarrow

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