Flexibility Accommodations

Student Disability Resources engages in an interactive process with each student and reviews requests for accommodations on an individualized, case-by-case basis. Students must provide appropriate documentation that supports the use of any accommodation.

Students with a documented disability that causes variable or unpredictable disability-related symptoms may be eligible for flexibility accommodations. Flexing a course standard can provide an alternate way for a student to meet essential course requirements and actively participate in the course while accounting for intermittent or unpredictable disability-related needs.

Accommodations

Flexibility accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

• Flexed attendance
• Flexed due dates/deadline extensions on assignments
• Rescheduling exams or quizzes

Tips for students

• Request flexibility accommodations as early in the semester as possible.
• Flexibility accommodations can only be used after eligibility is established.
  • Students cannot request retroactive use for any reason (e.g., not requesting earlier, failing to provide the Academic Accommodations letter to faculty, etc.)
  • Faculty are not required by law to provide retroactive accommodations to any student at any time.
• Alternatives to retroactive accommodations should be discussed with the student’s Disability Specialist
• Contact us as soon as possible if you:
  • Make changes to your class schedule
  • Are experiencing an exacerbation of disability-related symptoms that is causing a reliance on flexibility accommodations
  • Have concerns with any of the flexibility accommodations