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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it strange that the student form asks- "What accommodations do you need?" [b]Shouldn't this be to the judgement of the professional solely?[/b] If the student form is the primary way accommodations are assigned, the potential for abuse is significant.

A further look at "tips for accommodations" gives far too much leverage, IMO, for students to create accommodations as they WANT rather than as they NEED (or as is reasonable). https://www.pomona.edu/accessibility/student-accessibility/accommodation-services/how-make-most-your-academic-accommodations...  [/quote]
Not really, everyone has a different mix of strengths and weaknesses and different accommodations do better with different people.  By the time a student reaches college, they usually have an idea of what works for them, at least my DC did.  Just because two students have the same diagnosis does not necessarily mean that it manifests the same in both students.  There are spectrums of variation in each diagnosis and many different combinations of co-morbid issues.  My DC is not at Pomona, but he has almost the same accommodations in college as he received in HS. The list shown for Pomona looks like a general boilerplate of what should be done in all colleges and universities to comply with ADA.  That said, I have no experience with emotional support animals.  [/quote]
+1 to the PP's response to the question.  To the PP who asked the question, think of it this way.  Reasonable vs. unreasonable aside (surely the college should make the call), the student is being asked to take responsibility for his/her own learning.  Down to being able to name the details of how they plan to learn, and in which class.  For many students with disabilities, and for several researched and documented reasons, self-advocacy is already hard.  Harder than for the average student.  But in an age of helicopter parenting, we should all welcome putting this burden onto the student.[/quote]

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