Accommodations
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Accommodations
Typical accommodations for students with motor impairments may include:
- Relocation of the class to a more accessible location
- Provision of classroom space for a wheelchair or a wheelchair accessible desk/table
- Advanced notice if the class activity will be held elsewhere
- Reduction of the writing load thorough the use of handouts, supplementary texts, etc.
- Use of notetakers such as tape recorders, laptop computers, or copies of peer notes
- Reasonable consideration for lateness due to difficulties in the location of classroom or schedule
- Test accommodations: extended time, separate place, scribe, access to word processors
- Use of a computer for written work
- Special computer equipment/software: voice activated word processing, word prediction keyboard modification
- Adjustable lab tables or drafting tables for classes taught in lab settings
- Lab assistance
- Accessible parking in close proximity to the building
- Activities that allow the student to participate within his/her physical capabilities and still meet the objectives of the course
- Course waiver or substitutions for certain students
- Taped texts
- Oral or taped test responses
- Provision of instructor's notes when appropriate and copies of overheads when possible to reduce the need for writing
- Advance planning for field trips to ensure accessibility
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