{"id":8612,"date":"2013-01-31T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:57:02","slug":"college-accommodations-what-are-my-childs-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/college-accommodations-what-are-my-childs-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"College Accommodations: What are My Child&#8217;s Rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"College%20Accommodations%3A%20What%20are%20My%20Child%27s%20Rights%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>Where can I find out my daughter&#8217;s rights to accommodations in college?<\/p>\n<p>We asked for testing to be done out of the classroom in a quiet location. All of her tests in high school were done this way.<\/p>\n<p>We also asked for copies of notes, PowerPoint slides, and teacher outlines to help her follow lectures. These were all denied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/woman.study_.laptop.sm_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have a section about college issues and problems on the Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/college.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">College: Continuing and Higher Education<\/span><\/a> page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/college.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/college.index.htm<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Start with these two <em>free<\/em> publications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/pubs\/Prepare\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Preparing Your Child For College: A Resource Book for Parents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This resource book is designed to help you<strong> plan ahead &#8211; with your child and your child&#8217;s teachers and counselors<\/strong> &#8211; to ensure she is prepared academically for the rigors of college and to save now and plan financially for the costs of a college education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/flyers\/college.504.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Help for College Students with Disabilities<\/span><\/a> from Wrightslaw<\/p>\n<p>Parents of kids with disabilities are often surprised to learn that their college-bound children are no longer eligible for IDEA services. This document from Wrightslaw contains information and many resources that will help you along the way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Rights and Responsibilities Under the Law<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After you read the information and articles, you&#8217;ll know your daughter&#8217;s rights and responsibilities under the law. Ideally, the student and family will research these issues before the student goes off to college.<\/p>\n<p>Here is more information for you and your daughter to read.<\/p>\n<p>This letter about <strong>Legal Rights and Responsibilities<\/strong> is addressed to <em>parents<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/letters\/parent-20070316.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Letter to Parents\u00a0from the U.S. Department of Education<\/span><\/a>, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) about changes students with disabilities encounter as they make the transition from high school to postsecondary education.<\/p>\n<p>Postsecondary institutions have significantly different responsibilities from those of school districts. This letter provides examples of the unique relationship between postsecondary institutions and students with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that you are taking the lead in dealing with the school about accommodations for your college-age daughter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colleges assume that the student, not the parent, will be advocating for their needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Role of Self-Advocacy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The student usually discusses the accommodations she needs with her professors. If you are the primary advocate for your daughter, this may account for some of the resistance you have experienced.<\/p>\n<p>Your daughter needs to contact the disability support office at the college. In most cases, the people who work in disability support offices are knowledgeable about the issues, and can help students create a strategy to deal with any issues.<\/p>\n<p>These two articles are for <em>students<\/em> with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/transition.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities<\/span><\/a>. \u2028The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education is providing the information in this pamphlet to explain the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who are preparing to attend postsecondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>This pamphlet also explains the obligations of a postsecondary school to provide academic adjustments, including auxiliary aids and services, to ensure that the school does not discriminate on the basis of disability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacer.org\/publications\/adaqa\/504.asp\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">ADA Q &amp; A: Section 504 &amp; Postsecondary Education<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Many parents of students with disabilities know about rights and responsibilities under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)<\/span><\/a>. As students and their families prepare for the transition from high school to postsecondary options, they will often find they are less familiar with protections provided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/sec504.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and\u00a0Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act<\/span><\/a>. This article will answer many of these questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/self.advocacy.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What is Self-Advocacy?<\/span><\/a> Self-Advocacy is learning how to speak up for yourself, making your own decisions about your own life, learning how to get the information you need and more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where can I find out my daughter&#8217;s rights to accommodations in college? We asked for testing to be done out of the classroom in a quiet location. 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