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Students with a medical disability may have frequent or
unexpected absences from class. Flexible teaching of teaching material
via electronic
media is particularly helpful for these students. Consider taping
your lectures so that students who are absent do not have to rely
on other
students for their learning materials.
Workload may need to be negotiated so that students do not
become over-anxious about absences. Students who are frequently absent
will benefit from advance notice of topics to be covered, and assignments
to be completed. You may need to be flexible about attendance rules
and deadlines, the number of academic tasks to be completed, and
the amount of material students are expected to access from different
locations.
Academic activities that take place off campus (such as
field experience or clinical placement) may pose problems. Variation
in daily
and/or weekly attendance schedules may need to be negotiated (eg
shortening the number of daily hours a student is required to attend
and increasing
the duration of the placement; being prepared to allow the student
to complete the placement at an alternative time etc.)
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