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Today, we're going to ask you to think about how your #university handles it when a disabled student's #accommodations are denied. #DisInGradSchool #HigherEd #DisabilityTwitter
If you applied for accommodations from the disability office, were your accommodations approved? 1/6
If you applied for accommodations from the disability office, were your accommodations approved? 1/6
If the disability office approved your accommodations, have you ever had a professor fail to provide your accommodations? 2/6
If an accommodation was not provided, how long did you spend advocating for the accommodation or stressing over the lack of accommodation?” 3/6
It’s not an uncommon story to hear that a professor wouldn’t implement a disabled student’s accommodation (Don’t be this professor!). So, what happens when a student’s accommodations are denied? Who do they go to for help? 4/6
Does your university have a procedure for accommodation grievances?
Is this procedure easy to find?
How much of the labor burden is placed on the #DisabledStudent?
If the procedure takes 30 days, how are the student’s accessibility needs met in the meantime? 5/6
Is this procedure easy to find?
How much of the labor burden is placed on the #DisabledStudent?
If the procedure takes 30 days, how are the student’s accessibility needs met in the meantime? 5/6
Practice #Allyship for your disabled classmates and students! Email your department's Director of Graduate Studies to inquire how accommodation grievances are addressed. You can adapt our template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ELt1X0DHkc70-7I8eZFHUVHof1FW-2e2baC7rXis-DQ/edit?usp=sharing. Let us know what your university’s procedure is! 6/6
