What you need is a matter of opinion. Not you need an opinion, but what you actually need, that is someone's opinion, and it sure as shit won't be yours.
Today, I went to PSU, and I gave them my information as to what “reasonable” accommodations it might take for me to be a functional college student on their campus. It is someone's call as to whether my assistant who is going through all my classes with me, and going for the same degree, anyway, it's somebody's opinion whether letting her be in all my classes is “reasonable”. Their way of justifying such nonsensical behavior, is that they are not accommodating her. Even though she is my primary “accommodation”. My mode of transportation, and so on.
Their fix for my inability to take a language successfully is equally as ignorant. They offered me (or I should say, they plan to offer me) an adapted spanish course where, get this, the passing criteria can be pretty much whatever they think I need it to be. The course is self-paced, and I was told point blank they've put non-verbal students into it. At this point, why not just let people have the credits. Shit, at least let me. I have taken a whole year of ASL, and two terms of Spanish, already. Putting me in a class like that, in my opinion is an insult. Credit me what I paid for (and passed, mind you) and make me read Dostoyevsky. That should satisfy two requirements.
As for other adjustments, no one seems to understand “maybe”. As in I might need extra time, sometimes. I might maybe need my laptop for some classes. Sure, I could use a note-taker, but until I need one. Instead, it seems like I have to make myself out to be a fucking gimp, instead of who I am, and what I can do.
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