Services for Studnents with Disabilities
Faculty Resource Guide: Examples of Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Reading
- Extended test time (1.5x or double time)
- Private or quiet area to take test
- Reader or taped test
- Textbooks in alternate format (audio books or e-texts with voice recognition)
- Exams given orally or technologically
Writing/Spelling
- Extended test time (1.5x or double time)
- Note taker services or technology
- Exams presented orally, scribe or assistive technology (voice recognition software)
- Spell checker
- In- class use of laptop to access Spell checker
Math
- Extended test time (1.5x or double time)
- Private or quiet area to take test
- Enlarged, well-spaced problems
- Use of calculator, formula or equation cards
Auditory
- Use recorder devices
- Note taker/technology
- Preferential seating
- Testing in a quiet or private area
- Exams presented in alternate format (written, orally, taped, etc.)
Visually Impaired
- Use of recorder devices
- Textbooks in alternate format (audio books or e-texts with voice recognition)
- Note taker/technology
- Preferential seating
- Extended testing time (1.5x or double time)
- Exams presented orally, taped or with assistive technology
- Large font for handouts
Attention Deficit Disorder
- Tape record lectures
- Extended test time (1.5x or double time)
- Private or quiet testing area
- Books in alternate format
Chronic Health-Related Disabilities
- Tape record lectures
- Provide early access to syllabus
- Permit snacks
- Allow flexibility in attendance policies
- Arrange in advance for any absences due to illness for medical reasons
Mobility Impairments
- Extended test time (1.5x or double time)
- Preferential seating/special seating
- Provide and alternative site to meet if faculty office is not accessible.
Psychiatric/Behavioral/Mental Health Disabilities
- Extended testing time (1.5x or double time)
- Private or quiet area to take tests
- Tape record lectures
- Referral to the Counseling Center when necessary
Adapted from: Brinkerhoff, Loring C., S. Shaw and J. Mcguire, (1993). Promoting Post-Secondary Education for Students with Learning Disabilities. Pro-ed Publisher, Austin, Texas
