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...parties to agree to a plan before a student arrives on campus. Since no two disabilities are alike, accommodations must be individualized. Upon providing medical documentation, all disabled students should be expected to negotiate an agreement that spells out exactly what they can expect from the Accessible Education Office (AEO), which coordinates assistance for disabled students. Personalized agreements will help ensure that a student’s specific needs will be addressed from the get go and kept on file so that students do not have to rehash old battles.For students to get proper accommodation, however, it is also vital...
...Crockett said that the assistants AEO hired to read her mathematics coursework to her often would refuse to help her with tasks like looking up practice problems. She said she was unable to pin down what the readers’ responsibilities were because AEO never provided her with a copy of their contract...
...Kiebdaj added that services are often hampered because of poor communication between AEO and the Adaptive Technologies Laboratory (ATL), which is charged with ensuring that disabled students have the newest technology...
...said that it once took over a month to set up a piece of technology for one of her courses, and that when AEO finally authorized the installation, staffers set up the machine in the middle of one of her classes...
...AEO did not respond to several e-mail, phone, and in-person requests for comment this week...