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[quote=Anonymous]I am a university professor and I’m wondering how accommodations help my student in this instance.  She has accommodations from the university and it is “flexibility with due dates”.  The student and I discussed what this means in concrete terms and she asked for a 1 week extension on all assignments.

In the class, on Monday, the students are given a topic.  The following Monday the students need to turn in a 3 page essay.  This happens every week.  How does the extra week help this student?  Doesn’t it just kick the can down the road.  She never really gets additional time, she’s just a week behind everyone else.

When we get to the final exam, her accommodation is going to be that she receives the exam a week earlier.  Grades are due very quickly after classes end and I cannot grant her an additional week at the end of the semester per the university.  So in the very near term, her work is going to double up on her.

I’m trying to understand how this accommodation helps.  I have no idea what her disability is.  I don’t ask and as long as the university provides me the notification of accommodation that’s all I need.[/quote]

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