[nabs-l] Accommodation Rights and Not Using Disability Services

Elif Emir Öksüz filerime at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 15:05:17 UTC 2016


I agree what being said.
If you decide to talk to DSO, this may help you.
If you haven't seen this, please have a look.
https://nfb.org/self-advocacy-higher-education


2016-12-18 16:04 GMT-05:00, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
> You have to go through DSS if you want accommodations.  This is
> because its the job of DSS to verify that you have a disability
> and that the accommodation in question is reasonable for that
> disability.  So if you ask a professor for an accommodation, what
> they will do (if they do what they're supposed to do) is to tell
> you to get a letter from DSS and get back to them.  (This is why
> nearly every syllabus includes a line saying if you have a
> disability contact the DSS to arrange accommodations.)  That
> being said, just because you get accommodations from DSS does not
> mean that you can't take tests in the classroom.  Taking your
> test in the testing center is an accommodation, and you, of
> course, don't have to accept that accommodation.  That being
> said, if you want accommodations like extra time or a reader,
> that isn't really compatible with taking your test in the
> classroom.
>
> HTH,
> Karl
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ellana Crew via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: NABS-L at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:03:51 -0500
> Subject: [nabs-l] Accommodation Rights and Not Using Disability
> Services
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am a community college student about to start another semester
> of classes, but more recently, I have been thinking of breaking
> away from using the disability services office at school because
> of all of the troubles I have had in the past with DSS offices
> and mixups and failures on their end. However, before I decide to
> go through with this, I'd like to have some more information on
> what exactly I'm entitled to still as far as accommodations and
> the law if I choose not to go through disability services and
> give my professors the official letter requiring their
> compliance.
>
> Is there anybody who may be able to give me a little information
> on if professors are still required to accommodate me reasonably
> if I do not go through disability services and give them an
> official letter from them, especially in regards to test taking?
> I am concerned that perhaps they may not be obligated to provide
> me any sort of accommodation at all without an official letter
> from disability services requiring them to, or that perhaps there
> is a limit on how much they are allowed to grant me, and
> especially if that limit is when it comes to tests.
>
> I am particularly interested in being able to take my tests in
> the classroom with the rest of the class instead of going through
> the hassle of coordinating a scheduled time in the testing center
> and dealing with more failures to properly prepare my test or not
> prepare my test in time for the scheduled appointment in the
> testing center, and being forced to automatically be at a
> disadvantage by having to take my test in a different setting
> while the rest of the class is able to take their test in the
> same environment in which they learn the information which has
> been proven many times to improve the persons ability to retrieve
> the information they learned in that environment, and I have
> known some people who have talk to the professors and been able
> to take their tests in their classrooms in this way, but I want
> to be sure that I would not be in violation of anything in that I
> know my rights when it comes to this if my professor does not
> know themselves if it is OK or is hesitant to work with me on
> this particular factor.
>
> If there is anybody here who may be able to give me some useful
> information or connect me with somebody who may have that
> information, I would be incredibly grateful.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ellana Crew, Vice President
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not
> the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we
> raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations
> create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can
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