As Colleges Strive for a Return to Normal, Students With Disabilities Say, ‘No Thanks’
Pandemic necessity showed the universal benefits of learning accommodations. Is there any going back?
BRADLEY E. CLIFT FOR THE CHRONICLE Student Success May 11, 2021
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Rochelle Bowyer, a fourth-year student with dyslexia at the University of Washington, did everything she could to make her education accessible. She enrolled in courses a month early so that course videos could be closed-captioned, proactively communicated with professors and administrators to schedule her tests outside of regular class time, and sat in the front of every class to record lectures using the voice-memo app on her phone.
Posting an event is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Here s how to do it:
Create a Patch account and sign up to post your own local content on Patch, totally free. It s probably the easiest thing you ll do all day.
Make a Calendar Event and fill it with all the awesome info that people need to add it to their list of things to do in their neighborhood. Choose a fun image to upload and most importantly - have fun with it! It s your event, and the possibilities are endless.
Post it on Patch! That s it. Get ready for RSVPs.
You can post your event for free to a single Patch, or if you really want to get the community s attention, you can feature your event for $1 per Patch per day. When an event is featured, it receives priority placement on the local calendar as well as on the homepage, article pages, our daily newsletter and our weekly calendar events newsletter.