Understanding what accommodations are needed based on the disability is very important. the key is to ensure the accommodation provides access to the opportunity for success and not success itself.
it helped to understand that a disability should or cannot be used to make it eiaser or gve a disabled student an oppertunity to get eiaser grades than that of the non disabled student bet to give them the same oppertunity to achive the same.
Accommodations provide equal access. UD is meant to assist in that access.
universal design is a good way to accomodate all students whether they have a disability or not. Faculty needs to discuss individually with their students on the accommodations they would need to be successful in class. As faculty we also need to be aware if the accommodation makes sense or if the student is looking for additional unneeded support to be successful, provoiding an unfair advantage in comparison to other students.
Accomodations must be looked at carefully to avoid ove compensating and providing advantage.
I learned something today that I thought was the most beneficial. You have not fulfilled your stated mission until you have made your services available to all who would like to avail themselves of what you have to offer.
The use of universal design can accommadate many students both those with hanicaps and those without to have easier access to courses. Use of captioning on videos can also provide for those with hearing impairments, but also students who learn better from listening then watching.
Accomodations for students with disabilities not only help disabled people but also help everyday people like you and me.
I have learned that accomodations need to be relevant to the documented disability. This is a great way to gauge student by student cases.
Accomondations only provide oppertunity to show what he/she knows
The whole section on Over - Accommodation and Unfair Advantage was very informative. I think I fall in the area of over - Accommodation because I look at people with disabilities as less than rather than looking at them from a space of gifted.
I had never heard about Universal design as a concept even though I have seen universal designs around me and have even used them in the past. This was a very good onformation about helping our students.
I did not realize that offering different types of food in the cafeteria iepresent a form of Universal Design as well. How practical!. It makes sense to offer options.
This section reminded me to inquire about any necessary accommodations prior to holding a campus event. Although students may not need access, their family members might.
Universal Deisgn affects so many aspects of our lives that most of us don't even think about the conveniences it offers -- that street curb, that door handle, that lowered desk space, wide door frames, etc. Taking the time to make every day tasks easier for those with physical and learning disabilities, as well as those without these issues, can make life much easier for everyone.
Educational institutions have some flexibility when it comes to the provision of documentation of a disability and what accommodations are needed by students. I previously was unaware of the concept of the Universal Design, but it makes a lot of sense.
Prior to reading this section, I had not been familiar with the concept of Universal Design, nor Universal Design Learning as it applies to educational institutions. I found it interesting that with proper UDL, this could potentially eliminate the need for possible individual accommodations.
Having accommodations is very important for students and faculty with disabilties.
I believe that educators should be more mindful when working with students with disabilties in higher education by making sure to take everything into account. For example, carefully reviewing documentations in the decision-making process.
Providing accommodations must be to provide equal access. One must be careful to not use the purpose of accommodations as means to promote success oppose to access.
As a facilitator, one must always look at every case and provide equal access to the student. To do this, one may have to carefully review documents, make decisions, and keep "access vs. success" in mind.
