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juan sandoval
juan sandoval

comply with needs

sometimes is difficult to understand the law as applied to an impair individual
juan sandoval
juan sandoval

universal design

universal design benefits both individuals with learning disability and those without those disabilities; but more importantly makes the disable person less noticeable and therefore they may feel more comfortable in an educational setting.
juan sandoval
juan sandoval

functional limitations

I suppose in some cases it's very difficult to determine an individual's functional limitations even if one has personal interaction with them. It seems that the institution needs the help of experts on the particular field
juan sandoval
juan sandoval

who is protected?

My understanding is that any individual with disability is protected under these ACTs. Does a student with 'student visa' status have the same protection? My own answer would be YES; but how would the legal system resolve a case like this if a became Tort issue?
Sherry-Lynn Amaral
Sherry-Lynn Amaral

Unrealistic expectations?

There have been many times in my career in the healthcare industry in several different capacities; as a student,practitioner, an employer and now as a teacher, I have had conflicting ideas regarding the realistic expectations and application of the ADA in each of these contexts. One thing I do know now and feel more comfortable about after the presentation is that a person (student,employee) needs to be able to do the work at hand and if they have a disability and are capable with an appropriate accommodation, then in each context meeting the requirements of accommodation for access is the key to ADA and 504.
Sherry-Lynn Amaral
Sherry-Lynn Amaral

Question

In our quiz there is a question "A student with a disability is entitled to accommodation." True or False with the correct response in scoring indicated that it was false. Why is it false? What is missing from the question that makes it false and not true. Is the word reasonable accommodation part of 504 ADA?
Gina Guthrie
Gina Guthrie

Vice Versa

I know the subject is about students rights and responsibilities, but what if the situation was reversed? Does the professor fall under the same guidelines with the institution?
Terry Newby
Terry Newby

Disability? How much is real.

I had a student who could engage me in conversation about his background, his home, and about any topic as part of a normal conversation. But once the conversation turned to the class subject the student was taking, the student's hearing disability appeared, and now he couldn't understand what I was saying.
Theosious Fuqua
Theosious Fuqua

Invisible disabilities

Shouldn't the Instructor or staff be informed of disabilities involving any invisible disabilities that a student has?
kirssys fabre
kirssys fabre

Colleges in Florida Accept Home School Diploma?

I would like to know under which conditions, colleges in the state of Florida accept students with Home school diplomas.
Sherry-Lynn Amaral
Sherry-Lynn Amaral

Disclosure of Disability by the Student

I wonder just how many college students do not get the appropriate access because they are reluctant to disclose and seek out the assistance?
Alena Joyner
Alena Joyner

FERPA, Seperation of Duties

Learning about the FERPA regulations was great. It is important to implement these requirements each time I speak with students. I also learned about the seperation of duties. I think having the seperation of duties allows us as Admissions reps to service the students to the best of our ability and not have to worry about information overload. This was a great course

Lydia Leggett
Lydia Leggett

What should I do?

I have found that it is always better to focus on the positive when talking to students. If you are positive and find good things to say, they will open up and give you information that you won't have to ask for. As a matter of fact, the will give you information, you don't want to know about.....
Lydia Leggett
Lydia Leggett

Universal Designs

How long have universal designs been used in schools. It is very interesting to me. I never considered certain universal designs accommodations,but when you think about it, they really are.
Lydia Leggett
Lydia Leggett

Students with Disabilities

Technology has provided so many new ways for students with and without disabilities to learn. The world is constantly changing and becoming easier for all to be successful.
Lydia Leggett
Lydia Leggett

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities can succeed. If given the help they need, some or more successful than those without disabilities. They have the passion to trive because they are succeeding inspite of the odds they face. Embracing them is the best thing to do, the results can be very rewarding.
Tenique Dennis
Tenique Dennis

What's different

What do you feel are the top 5 issues faces most students who are looking to continue or start in higher education?

Lisa Melendez
Lisa Melendez

Accomadations

Accomadations seems like we would know what to do but it is a fine line between sayingthe right thing in your own mind to help someone and in reality, saying something that goes against the ADA. Education is key!
Lisa Melendez
Lisa Melendez

CM251

SEcond forum was an interesting read. Thought I was pretty comfortable with teh information until I failed the quiz the first time. Makes you think about what you really need to educate yourself on. Not only is this informational but important legal information. A must read.
Nicholous Sacci
Nicholous Sacci

Placement challenges

Given that we can never guarantee placement to a student, how do some of you ease the fear of students entering a new workforce for the first time?