by Elizabeth Hamblet | Jul 24, 2021 | College accommodations, College Disability Services Directors' Advice & Information
Introduction When I give presentations or talk to families or professionals about college accommodations, I find people are often surprised to hear that colleges don’t commonly approve assignment deadline extensions for students with learning disabilities or...
by Elizabeth Hamblet | Mar 8, 2021 | College accommodations, Course Substitutions at College, Documentation for College Accommodations
Introduction There is a lot of misinformation passed around about IEPs, 504 plans, and their place in the college disability accommodations process. People with good intentions sometimes misunderstand how things work, or they generalize one student’s experience at one...
by Elizabeth Hamblet | Mar 7, 2021 | College accommodations, College Disability Services Directors' Advice & Information
Introduction: Students with disabilities should know that colleges have to provide certain basic accommodations to students found eligible for them. While many students will have all of their requests approved, some will not. There can be a variety of explanations....
by Elizabeth Hamblet | Mar 7, 2021 | College accommodations
Introduction “My student’s college rejected his request for a memory aid for exams, but I saw online that a memory aid is an appropriate aid for dyslexia.” A parent sent me the above message. Their student had been using a memory aid for tests in high school, and when...
by Elizabeth Hamblet | Mar 6, 2021 | College accommodations, College Disability Services Directors' Advice & Information, Parenting for College Success, Strategies for College Success
Introduction “I find extended time for exams doesn’t help if I don’t know the content.” In response to a colleague’s survey of students registered with his college’s disability services office, one student reflected honestly on his experience. This comment points to...
by Elizabeth Hamblet | Mar 6, 2021 | College accommodations, College Preparation & Readiness
Introduction Whether I am online looking at posts people are sharing or talking to parents or professionals at my presentations, I find that there is (understandably) a lot of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of what does and doesn’t happen for students with...
