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Putting all of the puzzle pieces together to provide access

Join the discussion on ADA and Section 504 compliance in university settings. Experts share experiences resolving complex scenarios, collaborating, and ensuring an interactive process. Topics include residence life, emotional support animals, attendance flexibility, and more. Get insights on decision-making and accommodations.

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Putting all of the puzzle pieces together to provide access

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  1. Putting all of the puzzle pieces together to provide access Ahead July 13, 2019

  2. Who are we? • Scott lissner, the ohio state university • Ada & 504 compliance officer • Enjie hall, university of toledo • Director of campus accessibility and student disability services, ADA and section 504 compliance officer • Kera Manley, Otterbein university • Assistant director, disability services/academic support center

  3. format • Discuss various scenarios that may cause uncertainty • share our experiences in how we worked through situations • collaboration • ensuring interactive process • investigating opportunities and limitations • time for questions after each scenario • About 5 minutes per scenario

  4. scenarios • Residence life/housing • Residency requirement exemptions • Emotional support animals • Attendance flexibility • Remote participation • Lab/experiential work • Professional judgment • Additional documentation • Technology • Inaccessible software for assignments • Academic vs. ds decision-makers: where do we draw the line • Incompletes vs. withdrawals • Course substitutions

  5. Residence life/housing • Residency requirement exemptions • 3-year residency requirement • student requests to live off of campus • mental well-being • decrease stressors that would otherwise negatively impact academic performance • depression and anxiety • documentation supports request • evaluation process • Emotional support animals • Student requests 2 reptiles in res halls • mental well-being • decrease stressors that would otherwise negatively impact academic performance • depression and anxiety • Documentation pending • Evaluation process

  6. Attendance flexibility • Attendance considerations • syllabus states 3-day absence policy • Student has missed 6 days due to disability • Remote participation requested • Week 10 in semester • Evaluation process • Lab/experiential work • syllabus states 1-day absence policy (opportunity to make-up) • Student/ds are proactively planning (no absences to date) • Student anticipates missing classes due to disability and medical appointments • Evaluation process

  7. Professional judgment • Eligibility for services • Application phase • student disclosure • low-vision disability • cane-user • No documentation submitted • Assessing need for third-party documentation

  8. technology • Inaccessible software for assignments required • Week 2 in semester • Student unable to complete assignments • Student is keyboard-dependent • Software requires use of mouse • Evaluation process

  9. Academic vs. ds decision-makers • Incompletes vs. withdrawals • Discussion with faculty, advisor, & success coach • Course substitutions • Discussion with department & advisor

  10. questions ?

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