For students with disabilities, participating in academic activities may be challenging. Some students may need multiple accommodations to meet requirements in various lecture, lab, and discussion activities. Flexibility and effective communication between students, parents, support staff, and instructors are the keys to implementing successful accommodations.

Understanding typical accommodation strategies for specific academic activities is useful. With this basic knowledge, you will be better prepared to ask students to clarify their needs and to discuss accommodation requests. To begin, click on an activity listed below.