Re: Re: question regarding college accomodations

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Hi all,

my daughter called today after speaking with the disabilities center

person, with whom I argued with on Friday.

The woman had received a fax from my daughter's psychiatrist, whom I

had asked to contact them with the diagnosis to support a waiver from

the class.

First of all the woman didn't know that the class had already

started.. secondly, she said that to apply for a waiver, my daughter

would have to present in front of an academic panel! unbelievable!

then thirdly, she said that she was concerned that the diagnosis would

be detrimental if it appeared on her transcript because she is in

school for nursing!!!

My daughter accepted what she said, but was disconcerted about this

last comment.. talk about reasons for anxiety! Basically, this woman

was telling my daughter that she could be discriminated against for her

disability if she admitted it.

I am still trying to process this conversation and I'm not sure what

to do next (if anything) My daughter will work with the professor

directly to see if they could work out any accomodations between

them.. but I can't believe the lack of support.

Cautionary tale, I guess. As much as I would like to believe that we

have come a long way to fight discrimination based on disabilities,

clearly it exists...

I know that for many folks in this group, you are years away from

dealing with colleges/universities.. I hope we can work for better

education and anti-bias.

Alice