What if a student in enrolled in a course/program where correct spelling is essential, such as a Nursing Program?
In courses where spelling is essential due to a safety issue, like the Nursing program, one college decided that the student would not be penalized for minor spelling errors where it is evident what word or medication the student meant. However, if a spelling error did or could impact safety, that was a problem and points were taken off. The student worked very hard on learning to spell medication names. The student carried a clip board in clinical with the common medications listed on a small list taped to the clipboard. In the evident that a complaint is filed with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for a college being non compliant to providing accommodations, OCR is very favorable towards colleges where sincere effort and collaboration has been attempted to provide reasonable accommodations to students who qualify under the ADA and Section 504.
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