For example, a person with a facial disfigurement may not have an impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, but others may regard him or her has having one due to how he or she appears. A person may have more than one disability. A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a course, program, service, job, activity, or facility that enables a qualified individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to attain the same level of performance or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges as are available to an individual without a disability. Some common academic accommodations include extended time on tests, use of peer notetakers, use of computer with spellcheck, and provision of sign language interpreters. To become eligible, a student must have a documented disability and inform the College that he or she is requesting accommodations based on that disability.
Accommodations are interventions that allow the learner to indicate what they know.
Without the accommodations, the learner may not be able to overcome certain barriers. The Learning Centre. Accommodations are designed to lessen the effects of the disability and are required to provide fair and accurate testing to measure knowledge or expertise in the subject. Careful consideration must be given to requests for accommodations when the test is measuring a skill, particularly if that skill is an essential function or requirement of passing the course, such as typing at a certain speed or turning a patient for an x-ray. In such cases, please contact a DSS counselor for guidance.