Accommodating Students with Disabilities in College

While students in grade school Pre-K to 12 are legally bound to have support given to them if they require, this is not such the case once they move on to college. Colleges are not obligated to provide assistive technology and accommodations, however, most still do for those that would benefit from the use of it. 

Assisstive Technology can be used to help college students during classes and testing situations and in completing assignments. All of these assistive technology tools can be helpful to college students if they meet the following criteria:

• Easy to use and easy to customize
• age appropriate
• students own choice
• match the specific task and environment
• access easily
• Training and technical support are provided

Resources:

Dell, A., Newton, D., & Petroff, J. (2012).Assistive Technology in the Classroom:Enhancing the School Experiences of Students with DIsabiltiies. New Jersey: Pearson. (Original work published 2008)