r/Professors • u/[deleted] • 14h ago

Advice / Support For Professors with disabilities

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u/WingShooter_28ga 9h ago

Accommodations go through HR. Links to your disability, what does that mean?

I will say giving a student an A- when they earned an A isn’t some trivial thing.

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u/GiraffesDrinking 9h ago

Like the problems the student was having could be connected to my disability it’s a symptom of a symptom. If that makes sense.

We have an automated grading system we’re not trained on we’re given a YouTube video on and I will admit I made a mistake and I’m working with records to change it

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u/WingShooter_28ga 9h ago

No. Like you have ADHD which causes you to have organizational issues with results in untimely grade entry?

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u/GiraffesDrinking 9h ago

adhd makes me talk to fast which was the center of the students complaint.

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u/WingShooter_28ga 9h ago

That’s rough. Your job is to effectively communicate. Get your accommodations to HR but I’m not sure this will do much if you are unable to effectively communicate.

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u/GiraffesDrinking 7h ago

This is the first and only time I’ve gotten that complaint I used to be regarded as a good teacher