This week's topic reminded me that a lot of "accommodations" are really just good teaching. Things like posting materials early, offering multiple ways to demonstrate a skill, and building in extra time help the whole class, not just students with disabilities. It also reinforced how important privacy is here, accommodation details are protected under FERPA, so those conversations need to stay one on one.
Going forward, I want to build flexibility into my lesson plans from the start instead of scrambling case by case. For a skills check like blood pressure measurement, that could mean offering an automatic cuff as an alternative tool or allowing extra time by default for students with that accommodation.
