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Important stats from this #claps2020 session: 11% of undergrads, and 5% of grad students have a disability (oh gee, why the drop off?). But only about 23% of those students *register* for formal accommodations.
The process of requesting accomodations has a number of barriers: letters from doctors, costs associated with, navigating the system, requirements for disclosure of private information, fear of stigma.
An accomodations model becomes itself a barrier. (Speaker is Melissa Wong).
The wonderful @karinahagelin recommends checking out #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut .
(I'd add to the list of problems with the accomodations model : it often requires people to be able to adequately define what accomodation they need on their own, which can be really hard for the newly diagnosed etc.)
Example of a more inclusive extension policy: making it clear that all students can have an extension on assignments as long as they notify the prof (rather than requiring documentation).
Other barriers identified in brainstorming: attendance requirements, camera on requirements, device bans, technology requirements, proctoring software, timed tests, eating policies... and many more common policies that are exclusionary.
Moving Towards Healing: A Trauma Informed Librarianship Practice: https://acrlog.org/2020/06/23/moving-towards-healing-a-trauma-informed-librarianship-primer/
Basically - moving towards seeing students as informed, multifaceted, responsible adults juggling many many things.
