Okay - I'll offer a response to this question. 

 

I wonder if adult learners who need accommodations, due to physical,
sensory, cognitive, or psychiatric reasons could "demand" these
accommodations? Does anyone on this list know the answer to this?


The answer is yes, as long as the request is reasonable and provides for the
removable of a barrier which is the result of the disability.  Under the ADA
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act adult learners can access
reasonable accommodations.  In most adult learning environments there are
some basic "standards" procedurally in place for the request and provision
of such accommodations and, if needed, the appropriate disability
documentation to justify the use of resources.

 

I am sure many have more to add - and I know there hare hundreds of programs
throughout the country providing literacy and adult basic education classes
that provide such reasonable accommodations.

 

Nancie Payne

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Hi all,

 

The following question was posed on the Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy
Discussion List:

 

I wonder if adult learners who need accommodations, due to physical,
sensory, cognitive, or psychiatric reasons could "demand" these
accommodations? Does anyone on this list know the answer to this?

Do any of you work/learn in adult literacy programs where accommodations are
offered? If yes, we would love to hear about it!

 

 

Does someone on our List want to answer the question so I can forward your
response to them?  If you are already a subscriber to that List - or want to
subscribe, you can post the response to both of our Lists so everyone can
benefit.

 

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Thanks,

 

Rochelle

 

 

 

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Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee
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