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

[Ignasi Cambra]

This is exactly right. It is always a good idea to sign up with the DSS in case you run into problems, but many times professors are willing to provide reasonable accommodations especially if they can see that you are obviously blind. Of course if you request something that they don't find reasonable, you will have to talk to the DSS office if you are actually entitled to that particular accommodation.

IC
On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Alexander Castillo wrote:

> 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
> 
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