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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter has accomodations in college. A note taker was offered, they use "carbon paper" and just tear off the 2nd sheet. My daughter declined that.
She did accept the offer to use her computer in all classes. She gets double time on exams.

The harder part has been excused absences. She has a medical illness and missed 2 classes while Hospitalized. Three professors were great and helped her catch up. One was awful and told her she would fail and she had to drop the class. That sucked--lots of money wasted and she lost half a semester of hard work.

In college the disability services office writes up accomodations but really it's all about the professor. My daughter had learned to talk to professors about her situation before registering for a class. Usually she can get a vibe on whether they are one of those professors who think accomodations are a hassle.[/quote]

Could you explain what kind of accommodations the professors actually have to provide?

I'm the PP from above and I've never had to actually *do anything* other than: 1. provide my tests to the disability center (I email them, this is not hard) 2. Allow technology in my classroom (which I allow anyways) 3. Meet with students (I meet with students all the time anyhow).

Also, sorry about the jerk professor. Failing someone over 2 missed classes seems really extreme.... I would have definitely tried to get my money back on that one. [/quote]

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