It isn't in your best interest to turn a professor against you. But don't be passive either. Stand up for your rights. The best approach is to be assertive. If things don't go well, ask the Office for Students with Disabilities for help.
Many students have no problem getting their professors to cooperate.
Their success has a lot to do with how it's done. By developing these social skills, you're developing your emotional intelligence, which is in the end one of the most important accommodating techniques for overcoming a learning disability. Dr. Tessler's major interest is in serving persons with learning disabilities. Newsletter Copyright 1996-2001 WETA .