How to ask an instructor for accommodation
• Meet privately with the instructor at the beginning of the semester.
• Give the instructor the letter or memo from the Disability Service Office (DSO).
• Describe how your disability affects you as a student. Describe the accommodations and strategies you use, the accommodations the DSO provides and the additional accommodations that will help. Use your script!
• Ask the instructor to describe how the course will be conducted. (For example, will there be class or lab activities that will affect your participation?) Work with the instructor and the DSO to plan for accommodations you may not have anticipated.
• Request accommodations, discuss alternatives and come to a clear agreement.
• Thank the instructor.
• If you feel the instructor has not understood or agreed with your needs, talk with the DSO.