There's more than one way to teach and to learn.
Some people are primarily audio learners. If they know this & they're smart, they read aloud to themselves.
This student is restricted from reading (vision impairment?) but can learn by listening. Those concerned with making sure students have access to class materials
(the instructor) and to safety instruction & data need to make sure that the mechanism they put in place (the reader/assist.) is doing a good job..
The point of ADA accommodations is to make it possible for a student with a disability to participate in the class to the fullest extent possible, within the
constraints of the course intent. A lab student needs to be able to do lab work (take measurements, make judgements, manipulate equipment), but it=E2=80™s not necessary to stand for 3 hours to do so. Providing a chair (or other furnishings/adaptive tools) to do
things a little differently is a reasonable accommodation. Allowing a student to watch a video demonstration instead of doing lab work would not be within the course intent.
SMK
Sheila M. Kennedy, C.H.O.
Safety Coordinator | Teaching Laboratories
Chemistry & Biochemistry |University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr. | La Jolla, CA 92093-0303
(858) 534 - 0221 | MC 0303 | YORK HALL 3150
Well, I don't know about students, but if you can't read the safety data sheets and labels as an employee, you can't work with hazardous chemicals. Workers not only
have to have hazcom training, they need to show proof of comprehension.
