Reasonable Classroom Accommodations
- Note-taking services
- Extended time on exams or quizzes, unless speed is the essential element being tested
- Alternative test location which provides a reduced distraction environment
- Preferential seating
- Test reader
- Test scribe
- Student may need to have any written material (e.g., overheads, transparencies, chalkboard, notes, etc.) read aloud or put into an accessible format.
- Ability to take breaks to relieve symptoms
- A sign language interpreter
- Captioned or subtitled videos
- Allowance of assistive devices in the classroom or exams:
- Tape recorder or smart pens for class lectures
- Magnifying glasses
- Lap top computer for note taking
Important information regarding absences:
Federal law requires colleges and universities to consider reasonable modification of attendance policies and deadlines, if needed, to accommodate a student’s disability when they have been approved for this accommodation.
Disability Services requires that students with a disability-related need for flexibility in attendance and deadlines meet with their instructors to discuss the extent to which modification in attendance policies may be reasonable for each class. The student and instructor should have a clear understanding of what accommodation can be made for disability-related absences. In cases where attendance is an essential part of the class, a medical or mental health withdrawal may be considered a reasonable accommodation if absences become excessive.
Can Student Disability Services excuse absences?
Blinn College sets their own attendance policies and class attendance is an expectation of Blinn College students. Disability Services staff is available to consult with instructors and students on issues concerning disability, attendance and deadlines.