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Accommodating or Pandering: A Frank Discussion with Student Disability Services -Register NowContributed by Wade Pickren on 10/19/2012 Monday, October 22, 2012 This session is intended to be a frank and open dialogue among faculty members and Student Disability Services staff members Linda Uhll, Robin Dubovi, and Jean Celeste-Astorina.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Laurie Wasik at wasik@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible. Accommodating or Pandering: A Frank Discussion with Student Disability Services -Register Now Comment from
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While I support the work of the Office to raise consciousness and to open useful dialogues, I have to say the name of the event is a little disconcerting. The word "pandering" is extremely problematic and, frankly, seems to me to "pander" to those who would view accommodations as a privilege or gift. As the good folks who work without students will, no doubt, remind us, such accommodations are legal rights (when appropriately documented), and thousands of people worked to make Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Acts realities.
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