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Allow for Student Absences or Tardiness
This accommodation is provided when a student’s disability impacts their ability to regularly attend classes (e.g. students dealing with unpredictable periods of ill health).
Early discussions in the semester between the student and instructor/faculty member will provide clearer expectations for both.
This accommodation should be requested by the student on an as-needed basis.
Excessive absenteeism may affect a student’s ability to participate in and successfully meet course/program learning outcomes.
Faculty Responsibility
- When you receive an accommodation letter, reach out to the student via email to invite a discussion regarding the nature/frequency of absences with the student (without disclosure of disability-related information).
- A plan with the student at the onset will make expectations and needs known.
Student Responsibility
- It is the student’s responsibility to meet/discuss with the instructor/faculty in a timely manner about disability-related absences.
- When the student misses a class for a disability-related reason, they are expected to contact the instructor/faculty to inform them of their absence, citing their absenteeism accommodation.
- The student should inform faculty in advance of an absence whenever possible, or as soon as possible after a class has been missed.
- Students with this accommodation are responsible for all missed academic material.