The CAAT office proudly presents “Prime Time,” a series of in-person webinars addressing accessibility and disability in academia, once a month in Siek Campus Center, room 150. These webinars are a great opportunity to have in-depth discussions with your peers about your experience and daily interaction with accessibility.
This will be a purr-fect webinar to attend, all you need to do is sign up.
Webinar Name: It’s About Time, Part I: Scrutinizing the Extra Time for Assignments Accommodation
Date: Friday, Feb. 7
Time: 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Location: Siek Campus Center, room 150
Over the past few years, it seems there has been an increase in the number of disabled students coming to disability offices with a history of having received “extra time for assignments” as an accommodation. Students who seek this accommodation are often either students with disabilities affecting focus or reading, including ADHD, LD, Autism, and TBI, or students with chronic health conditions who may miss assignment deadlines due to an exacerbation of their condition. Many received this accommodation in high school and expect it to continue in postsecondary education. However, is this accommodation always reasonable in college settings? This webinar will broadly explore when this accommodation is –and is not– reasonable, relative to our institutional responsibilities of equal access, equal opportunity and nondiscrimination. It will also touch on the college’s significant obligations to work with faculty and students to implement it, when it is approved. This is the first of a two-part series. The second webinar will include a panel of disability professionals from a variety of school types and office sizes describing how they evaluate and implement accommodations that require interaction with faculty.