If you or your children have a learning disorder what accomodations did you request at your/their college?

Question

If you or your children have a learning disorder what accomodations did you request at your/their college?

Answer 1

Colleges must accomodate by law!

extended time

assistive technology-which isn't much of an issue anymore-because all students have access to computers/word processing software

Answer 2

All colleges have to make accommodation's for children with learning disabilites not as part of the law that was passed in 1974 and then amended in the 1990's but because of the ADA.  Since college isn't required by law they don't' have to follow the same rules that the lower level schools do. But if they accept any kind of federal money they have to follow the ADA.  The individual professors can decide if they will allow the accommodation's that each student needs, so it's up to the student to find a professor that will accommodate their needs.  The school has to make sure that there is at least one professor per subject that will met the students accommodation's.   The best thing that a parent can do is to help the child do the research before  they apply to find out which colleges have the best reputations for helping children with LD's to succed.

Answer 3

Have your child's teacher do an IEP for your child its part of the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.My eldest son attends speech therapy for hereditary stuttering.

Answer 4

extended test time (I think my son used it once on a particularly long, wordy psychology test.)

You cannot get much at the post secondary level. In fact, they do not have to accomodate at all.

Parents have no say at college, only the student can speak for themselves.

You could request that the professor let you audio tape lectures, but you must always get this apporved by the prof.

Answer 5

Every college has an area to help out with students with disabilities. Like an advisor of sorts, they do tests to update everything and based off those and the paper work, it is determined what kind of extra help they need. (speaking from experience). I also had a say in what I wanted too.

But I had time and a half on tests. I was also able to take the tests elsewhere. Which I highly recommend that. That way I never felt rushed or watching other kids get done before me. In that room it was also quiet. I did have a choice rather or not I wanted a sound machine in there. All it did was create white noise, it wasn't distracting at all.

I also had a note taker. Sometimes I knew who that person was and sometimes I didn't. But I'd go to the Special Edu area at the end of the day and pick up the notes. And that helped alot because I typically missed something.

I had the choice of getting textbooks on tape.  And I also had a computer available for me for tests.

Answer 6

Colleges do not have to accommodate all of your academic related requests.  Physical disabilities are a different story, however.  In college, they typically say this is what I can give you.  You can request, but there's no gurantee.  

Sitting at the front of the class

If handwriting, dyslexia, etc is an issue, someone copy their notes.  A recorder may work better if the teacher agrees.  Sometimes the professor will even make available their notes.  Dictation to a write/scribe and/or processing essay tests maybe available.  Who wants to read bad handwriting due to a disability?

Extra time on tests.

I would ask if all the tests are given a separate room, cubicle style, or an open room.  I've heard of all.  You may be able to wear ear plugs to halt the sound distractions, if needed.