If I was in that student's shoes, I would (if possible) want to have the
lecture recorded + notes (if that makes sense)...because notes are good for
getting an idea of the structure, but verbatim can be really useful if
you're missing a fair number of lectures.  I would have thought the student
would be able to argue that this is a reasonable adjustment if the actual
lecture theatres are inaccessible.

As far as my undergrad course went, if a lecture was in an inaccessible
lecture theatre, the lecturers offered to teach me at a separate time (as
far as I remember - luckily it only happened once, unavoidably).  That
said, it was a practical course.



Quoting "Ernst Trustram, Rosie" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi,
> the non-attendance is of course due to the student's disability.
> However, I am thinking of putting in place a note taker in the
> student's absence for ALL of the lectures of certain units
> (specifically, the student cannot access lecture theatres, as opposed
> to classrooms).
>
> Rosie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Emma Rowlett
> Sent: 09 October 2007 16:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Providing note taking in lectures
>
> It makes sense to allow notes to be taken if the non-attendance is due
> to disability in some way, but as I found you need them taking when
> you are ill too as you can't just ask for a copy of someone else's
> notes as a 'normal' student would do.  I'm not sure what the official
> line is on this but when I needed notes taking they were taken for me
> if I missed lectures for disabilities reasons or just general ill
> health.
>
> Emma
>
> On 09/10/2007, Felicity Burgess <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I have specifically been allowed to do this for medical reasons
> (e.g.
> > out-patient clinic that only runs on Friday mornings); would it
> depend
> > on whether the students inability to attend lectures is due to
> disability?
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting "Ernst Trustram, Rosie" <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > appologies for cross posting but I would really appreciate some
> > > advice.
> > >
> > > A student cannot attend certain lectures, for the entirety of that
>
> > > unit/module. The student can attend the seminars for those units
> > > module.
> > >
> > > As the student can attend other lectures, distance learning seems
> > > like an unnecessarily limiting option.
> > >
> > > 1. Would you consider it a reasonable adjustment to provide a note
>
> > > taker or support worker to record lectures?
> > >
> > > 2. Would you consider this something that would be recommendable
> > > within the DSA?
> > >
> > > 3. Another possibility is asking the lecturers to record the
> > > lecture, put that on disk or on the intranet, and pass on the
> > > recorder to a colleague to record a further lecture, each week.
> Does
> > > that seem like a reasonable adjustment to ask of them?
> > >
> > > please share your thoughts on/off list.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Rosie Trustram
> > > Disability and Dyslexia Support
> > > London South Bank University
> > >
> > >
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