Accommodations for Accommodations
In a Chronicle of Higher Education essay, Jennifer Lynn Hughes, an associate professor in the psychology department at Agnes Scott College, points out accommodations that can be made for students who have Asperger’s Syndrome. Universities are required, of course, to make “reasonable” accommodations for students with diagnosed and declared disabilities. What qualifies as reasonable is not defined, but most institutions will do their best to help a qualified student succeed if this can be done without disadvantaging other students. Housing professionals are familiar with these issues, of course, as more students with disabilities and mental disorders are able to attend college than in years past. What sorts of accommodations have been requested at your institution? Were you able to fulfill them?
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