Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

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Students who have a disability, particularly a learning disability, are a rapidly growing population on college campuses. Though it is difficult to obtain accurate figures, between 3 and 10 percent of college students report having physical or learning disabilities that require compensatory classroom teaching accommodations (City University of New York Committee for the Disabled, 1988; Project EASI, 1991; Smith, 1989). Such accommodations are neither difficult to provide nor distracting to the rest of the class. In fact, many of these accommodations may make learning easier for all your students.

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[Brenda Lee Cosse']

Students with Disabilities are a reality. School systems have had decades to prepare. Legislation has been jn place for generations. Colleges and Teachers-Training should gave mandatory/required courses in areas that pertain to Students who receive Special Education Services. School Districts, Boards and governance/administration must budget accordingly and wisely and fairly. Whether Teachers intend to teach on private, parochial, public, or charter schools, preK elementary, secondary or higher education systems---) Teachers need to be prepared to teach children who are experiencing a disability with related conditions(for example: Autism Spectrum Semantic Pragmatic Language and Sensory Processing conditions).

[Patti Dudek]

I agree with you!