Students may face barriers related to the functional limitations of their specific disability that can be supported by specific equipment or aids. SAS provides or coordinates aids/equipment required by students for in person/on campus tests/exams/quizzes. Instructors are not responsible to provide aids/equipment.
The Accommodation Letter will state:
Footstool or chair for support (for in person tests written with SAS)
Students may face barriers, related to the functional limitations of their disability and/or medical condition, that may be accommodated by the number of students in a room, the location of a room or the accessibility of the room for mobility equipment/aids. SAS coordinates the appropriate rooms to accommodate students with testing room accommodations. Students writing in person/on campus tests/exams/quizzes are responsible to register to write these assessments with the SAS office.
Testing Room accommodations can include the following:
Students with a disability and/or medical condition that have provided documentation that states specific accommodation recommendations to assist the student in overcoming barriers to learning. These recommendations are related to the student's cognitive ability/memory skills, academic functioning, attention and behaviour, executive functioning, and adaptive functioning.
Some students may have provided medical documentation that supports the need to alter the scheduled date and/or time of a test/exam/quiz to reduce barriers created by the functional limitations related to their disability and/or medical condition. For example;
A student is only able to write afternoon tests/exams/quizzes due to the sedating effects of medication; the accommodation is the student requests to write a test regularly scheduled for 8:30 am at 12 pm instead.
Breaks are an important and effective accommodation during a test/exam/quiz for students that require time to manage disability related symptoms related to medical, physical, cognitive, mental health functional limitations while writing an assessment. The accommodation letter may state one or more of the following accommodations;
Breaks as required: break time to be added
Breaks to stand,stretch and move: break time to be added
Students with approved accommodated extra time have provided SAS with medical documentation that supports an accommodation of extra time to assist the student in overcoming barriers in a test taking environment. These recommendations are related to the student's functional limitations including: cognitive ability/memory skills, academic functioning, attention and behaviour, executive functioning, and/or adaptive functioning.
The accommodation letter may state one or more of the following accommodations;
Some of the more common accommodations will be linked below for faculty. Faculty are encouraged to reach out to the SAS office with any questions about specific accommodations and how they work.
Experiential Learning (EL) supports students in gaining hands-on learning that helps them transition to the workforce. Experiential Learning includes but is not limited to the following:
Field Experience
Field Placement
Internship
Professional Practicum
Labs
Students with accommodations of environmental (room) accommodations, specific equipment or aids in class have provided medical documentation from the student’s healthcare professional that details the functional limitations barriers a student’s faces due to their disability and/or medical condition.
Accommodation Wording Example: Breaks to stand/stretch/move to support disability and/or medical condition: in class or student may leave classroom as required (wording may vary)
Although students have the autonomy to leave class, accommodation related to breaks during class are provided with the intent to inform instructors that there may be a student in the class that may need to leave class, stand up and move periodically or frequently due to disability and/or medical condition functional limitations.
