<p>Let’s get our terminology straight. According to this website (<a href=“Self Advocacy: Know Yourself, Know What You Need, Know How to Get It by Nancy Suzanne James - Wrightslaw):%5B/url%5D”>Self Advocacy: Know Yourself, Know What You Need, Know How to Get It by Nancy Suzanne James - Wrightslaw):</a></p>
<p>Accommodations are tools to help accomplish a goal that do not change the integrity of the task (books on tape, extra time for test, copies of handouts before a meeting, editor, use of a calculator, etc.). Accommodations compensate for disabilities, and vary from person to person based on the type of disability and the degree to which it interferes with daily activities. </p>
<p>Modifications are alterations to assignments that do change the overall task; for example, writing a two-page report instead of a four-page report. It is important to keep in mind that nearly all employers and most educational institutions (colleges and universities) do not provide modifications.</p>
<p>I am generally not opposed to accomodations that are reasonable and fair to other students. I am opposed to modifications where someone with Aspergers is expected to a different task than other students in the class.</p>