What types of accommodations did you ask for in school?

It is important to know that all students with special needs (including deaf and hard of hearing) may have different accommodations to succeed in school.  Here are some accommodations that I used throughout my school years.  

Classroom Strategies

-sitting close to a teacher during lesson

-note-taker assistance

-graphic organizers

-use of a laptop to take notes

Test and Exams Accommodations

-extra time for processing

-extended time limits to finish my test or exam

-clarifying the questions

-using Microsoft word processor to write short answers and essays during test and exams 

-writing my test or exam in a quiet setting away from my classmates

For those of you who are going to college or university, ask your accessibility counselor to give you a written list of accommodations that the school provides.  I hope this helps you!

My accommodations have more or less been the same throughout elementary school, high school and university, which have included:

-sitting close to instructor

-quiet study rooms and exam testing rooms

-extra time for exams

-use of MS word processor for recording exam responses

-access to videos shown in class

The only difference that I had in university was the access to the videos shown in class, which might not be an issue now because most professors use videos available online. It doesn’t hurt to ask! I used the videos to go back and make notes that I might have missed.

Here are some accommodations that I had or have both in high school and university: 

-FM system

-preferred seating 

-extra time on tests/assignments/exams

-quiet (usually separate) room to write tests/exams

-computer for tests/exams if needed 

-note-taker 

-one test/exam per day

-lecture/class slides to be provided before class

-itinerant teacher