Seth Soronnadi
Learned that "The most recent guidance from the Department of Justice makes it clear that an animal that provides only comfort or emotional support for its owner is an "emotional support animal," not a service animal. The presence of the cat would not be protected under the law. "
I found the Asperger's example very helpful in understanding that services can be given to help control a student's behavior, but that the student still needs to control the bhavior ultimately.
All disabilities must be accomodated in the educational institutions.
Keep current with any updates or revisions to ADA requierments
Acomadations for people with disibillitys is always evolving. It is our responsabillity to keep current with new develepments.
Momentary disabillitys are not considered disabillitys. Eagel acsess must be available to stuents with disibillitys
Any instatution with students getting federal grants must comly with the ADA reqierments
Reasonable acomidations and unreasonable acomadations are clealy identifiyed
I discovered that there are some nuances as applied to each case. If there is a need then there should be an accommodation; if there is no need, then the school is not obliged to provide accommodation. This is a reall big piece for me. Also, learning about unreasonable accommodation was a huge ey opener. Sometimes, the insitution might not have the budget to implement certain accommodations for her students with disabilities; the government is realized this.
The nunaces make us realize that students living with disbility want to be able to do their own due diligence and be responsible for themselves. They make it not because they were allowed to but because they were givien an opportunity to work for it.
I have learned there are so many variations of the disablities and some of the hardest to address are the behavioral ones- especiallay when you don't neceasarily see the disability physically. There are so many layers to address and reading through these articles helps to create a starting place of peeling back some of these layers and have some understanding of the every day difficulties faced by many students.
Gloria Vance
I've learned that Federal Laws does not promise accommodation to students with disabilities, It simply promise protection from discrimination on the basis of disability. Everyone has the right to Equal Opportunity.
I appreciated the breakdown in detail regarding the rights of students with disabilities and what they are entitled to and not entitled to based on 504 and ADA. The breakdown of institutional responisibilities was also very helpful.
Disability covers a wide umbrella of conditions. Usually people think about physical disabilities when the term "disabled" is brought up because that is clearly visible. However, the mental conditions that affect individuals' performance has raised a new awareness and as educators we need to be cognizant of this. ADA provides accomodation for the individual to have an equal playing field as non-disable individuals. For example, if a student has a learning disability or ADHD then extension of time with limited distraction can be approved. However, it does not guarantee a certain grade for the disabled individual.
I have learned students must request the accommodations before they are allowed and the student must do this in the proper channels.
I love how we have laws so everyone can have equal access to learning. I will work hard to ensure that everone who comes through our program feels and have what they need to be successful
I learned that all educational institutions are required to provide reasonable access to accommodations for someone with a disability in a timely manner. However, it is the disabled person(s) responsibility to provide the necessary documentation/information to the proper contacts at that institution, so the institution has reasonable time to evaluate the request for accommodation and meet the needs for equal access.
All students must be given equal opportunity to the educational programs and activites provided by an insitution. There is a three-pronged deifnition of who falls under the protection of the ADA.
Providing accommodations levels the playing field for those students with disabilities. That is the goal, not to give any student an advantage. With the changing times, especially in technology and the way courses are delivered, it is the responsibility of the college to provide necessary accommodations.
Students with disabilities should be given equal and fair treatment. Laws were designed to govern these actions, but as educators and professionals, we should be cognizant and behavior with moral integrity toward them regardless of laws.
All individuals regardless of race, ethinicity or disability should have an equal opportunity to attend college and to do so in an environment that is judgement free and accommodating as needed. It is crucial to adhere to regulations and policies surrounding students with disabilities or are in need of accommodations.
