How To Request Accommodations
Once a student self-identifies and provides the appropriate documentation, he or she will meet with the learning specialist, Catherine Fabio. Catherine will interpret the documentation in order to 1) determine the student’s eligibility for accommodations under Federal ADAAA guidelines; 2) determine reasonable and appropriate accommodations, 3) determine the student’s strengths and weaknesses in order to provide additional support that may allow the student to develop strategies for academic, personal and professional growth, and 4) write memos to professors where classroom accommodations are requested (Note: students must pick up and deliver these memos each semester).
The student and specialist will decide together which accommodations or services will be utilized. Accommodations must be requested well in advance of their need and can not be implemented retroactively.
The student will also be encouraged to meet consistently with the learning specialist in order to evaluate and modify strategies.
(Note: Requests for accommodations/services/auxiliary aids will be granted on the basis of their appropriateness to the situation. Having a disorder and/or having had accommodations in other settings does not guarantee the student will receive such services/accommodations/aids at MassArt. Having a clinician make recommendations about specific accommodations does not guarantee the student will receive these accommodations.)
Subject to Revision
Revised 12/18/08