The attempt is to level the playing field and give academic balance to our student population. Dee does on-going evaluations in order to keep documentation of the disability current. Dr. Mendoza pressed Central Administration to include a current documentation clause in the policy. The Disability Coordinator, student, and faculty member form a critical triangle in the process of accommodation. Often, faculty members do not have all of the information needed to determine what are acceptable accommodations because the law protects the student s privacy in this matter.
Conditions often change, as in head injuries.
What is certain, is that the university must accommodate a disabled student to allow the student the opportunity to fail or succeed. Sometimes student requests just aren t reasonable. Dee s office can provide proctors for students who need to be tested outside of the scheduled class. At this point in time, UM stands firm on the criteria it uses to confer degrees. In 1990 UMKC made accommodations for 15 disabled students.