List of Accommodations
TYPICAL REASONABLE ADA ACCOMMODATIONS USED AT MINES:
| Accommodations |
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| ADD/ADHD |
- Tests in a separate quiet room
- Extended test and in-class assignment times
- Volunteer note taker or professor’s notes
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| DYSLEXIA/READING DISORDERS |
- Textbooks read on Kurzweil
- Tests read outloud or on Kurzweil
- Void scantrons for tests
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| WRITING DISORDER/MOTOR SKILLS DISABILITIES |
- Use of computer for assignments and tests
- Speech recognition program for computer
- Scribe for tests
- Extended time for essay tests
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| MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS |
- Digital copies of texts
- Accessible classrooms
- Lab assistants
- Handicapped door openers
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| AUTISM SPECTURM DISORDERS |
- Coaching on time management, organization, and study strategies
- Regular check in times with counselor
- Coaching on social interaction
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| PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS |
- Free counseling and referral services
- Extended test time and separate room when appropriate
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| VISION IMPAIRMENTS |
- Preferential classroom seating
- Enlarged test material
- Extended test time
- Text books read by Kurzweil
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| HEARING IMPAIRMENTS |
- Preferential classroom seating
- Amplification equipment
- Deaf language interpreter when needed
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| CHRONIC ILLNESS |
- Notification to professors of health and emergency information
- Some flexibility with deadlines and attendance when possible
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