As Colleges Strive for a Return to Normal, Students With Disabilities Say, ‘No Thanks’
Pandemic necessity showed the universal benefits of learning accommodations. Is there any going back?
BRADLEY E. CLIFT FOR THE CHRONICLE Student Success May 11, 2021
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Rochelle Bowyer, a fourth-year student with dyslexia at the University of Washington, did everything she could to make her education accessible. She enrolled in courses a month early so that course videos could be closed-captioned, proactively communicated with professors and administrators to schedule her tests outside of regular class time, and sat in the front of every class to record lectures using the voice-memo app on her phone.
Stanford admitted Antonio Milane but denied him a scribe that he says he needs for homework. After he attracted 57,000 supporters with his story of having cerebral palsy, the university changed its position.
They’re on the wrong side of this and they should be held accountable,” said Senator Kobe Hopkins, as he and senators called on the University to expand scribe…