Accommodations compliance

[Mom2aphysicsgeek]

@compmom Except we are only hearing one side of the story. In the OP, she wrote

He is saying now that my son will probably have to take the class to graduate. He says that EVERYBODY has to take it.

That makes it sound like maybe he did investigate and was unable to get a waiver.

The OP goes on to state

According to section 504 “modifications may include…substitution of specific courses required for the completion of degree requirements”. My problem is that there is NO WAY my son can complete this class. I have already paid for it three times. He completed all the work and wrote and memorized all the speeches every time, and every time he would be dressed in a suit with note cards in hand, but could not go through with it. He would get hysterical. The guy from Stu. Dis. Doesn’t understand. He acted like my son should just suck it up and give the speech. I don’t know what qualifies him as student disabilities coordinator if he can’t even understand how debilitating anxiety attacks can be.

It may be that the communication between the 2 parties is poor bc expectations and results are mismatched.

A quick Google turned up this result: “All University of South Alabama students, whether they start as freshmen or transfer students, must fulfill general education/core curriculum requirements, as mandated by the State Legislature.” If that applies across the AL system and speech is one of those courses, the answer may have been misunderstood as lack of attention vs actual answer.