Adaptations Administer regular exam individually within the regular time limit. Determine an alternative task to be completed as long as requirements and objectives are suitably met. Refer student to study skills center or learning center to develop experience with various test formats for future exam taking competency. Some students with hidden disabilities must cope daily with constant severe pain, a high level of fatigue, or medications which may affect classroom performance. Because needs will differ widely, adaptations should be made in close consultation with the student.
Specific information follows concerning the most common hidden disability, a learning disability.
Different individuals may have difficulties in one or more areas of receiving or sending information. These may include spelling, reading, handwriting, short-term memory, attention, organizing, following directions, spatial relations, math, even translating aural cues. Adaptations Arrange for alternate methods of recording answers such as taping, typing, or dictating answers to a proctor who marks the answer sheet or writes the essay. Where spelling and punctuation are related to course objectives, student and instructor may determine a way for grammar to be evaluated within the parameters of the adaptation. Allow student to use a dictionary and provide additional time.