[nabs-l] Using disabilities service at your campus?

[Alexander Castillo]

Hi all, one does not need to use their school's disability service or
disclose a disability to receive accommodations . Some students simply
sign up with their disability service just in case they do happen to
need proof of disability in order to be accommodated, and some  simply
speak to their professors and arrange accommodations without any
assistance from their disability office or disclosing at all.

Of course, if you decide to do this, a professor is not required to
accommodate you, especially if you do not have proof of disability
from the school's disability office.

So in short, you do not need to use these services to receive
accommodations, but if you do not use them,  accommodations are then
up to whatever your teacher and you can work out, and you can be
refused possibly without legal recourse.

Anjelina, I believe your professor was right, and she probably have
had a good reason to refuse your requests without some legal document
which let her know it was OK  to  receive accommodations. I have had
professors let me walk out of the testing room with an exam on testing
day, with the intent to scan it, answer the questions and  bring the
exam back whenever I should happen to finish; without any testing
accommodation forms; but this was their choice, and at no point could
I have complained if they had asked me for proper documentation.

Thanks for reading,
Alex