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Accommodations

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What Is My Role in Obtaining Accommodations?
The student plays a central role in arranging his or her accommodations. A student must self-identify to the Office for Students with Disabilities and present a diagnostic report, along with documentation of his or her history of accommodations at the K-12 level or in higher education institutions. Once students have submitted their documentation and met with the Office for Students with Disabilities staff to discuss accommodations, staff will generate a Letter of Accommodation for the student to present to his or her faculty. The letter contains no specific information about a student's disability and history; it simply identifies a student as being recognized by Aurora University as a student with a disability and recommends appropriate accommodations. Professors and student then should meet to discuss the accommodations. A professor may choose to suggest alternative accommodations which still address the needs of the student and better match the structure and goals of the course. In this event, the professor and student are encouraged to approach the OSD.

What Is a Reasonable Accommodation?
A "reasonable accommodation" is any accommodation offered by a faculty member, department, or the university which enables a student to participate equitably in a class and access course materials without fundamentally altering the service being provided. Reasonable accommodations may include testing accommodations (e.g., additional time, quiet environment, readers and scribes), classroom accommodations (e.g., changes to the physical environment of a classroom, adjustments in how material is presented in class), providing course materials in an accessible form (e.g., readings on CD, notetakers), or access to assistive technology (e.g., use of on-campus computers with adaptive software).