Accomodations
If the law doesn't mandate how the accomodations are made, how can it be ensured that proper arrangements are made for a particular student with a particular disability?
Betty,
Students have rights and, as you suggest, they DO have responsibilities, too. If you find yourself regularly being presented with information about a student's disability and need for accommodation after the fact, you might want to ask some questions of the powers-that-be at your institution about what kind of information is put out to all students about seeking help in a timely manner.
Dr. Jane Jarrow
All the students have a right to be successful, but they also need to let instructors know if there are any disabilities so we can successfully give them the accomodations they may need
Tamela,
You are right. Students have rights AND responsibilities, and it is their job to step forward and ask for the necessary assistance. We can't ask faculty to be mindreaders!
Dr. Jane Jarrow
It also makes a difference whether the student brings their disability issue to the attention of the institution before they have any problems in their classes, if it is a learning type of disability, in which they would need additional accommodations made.
Lauren ,
The institution is supposed to work WITH the student (an interactive process) to determine what can/should be done to provide equal access. The proof of effectiveness is whether that access is achieved (NOT whether the student is successful, but whether the student has the same *chance* to be successful).
Dr. Jane Jarrow
