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    Flexible attendance/option to attend lectures online when needed for disabled students

    Submitted 2 months ago by Sophie Paul
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    If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that the accommodations disabled people have previously been denied are possible when the rest of society has to work in this way. As your disabilities officer and being disabled myself, I’m aware that for various reasons, a person’s disability may make it difficult to attend lectures at times, and in these instances, they should be able to attend from home. (continued in comments)
Sophie Paul
5:32pm on 21 Jun 22 One idea for how this could be done is through using Collaborate in the same way that it was used during Covid, so that the lecture is available live online for those who need it. Attendance policies are inherently ableist, and accommodations to allow disabled students to attend remotely when it would be difficult to attend in person would help to remove barriers to access. I feel this could also be beneficial to other groups, such as student parents and carers. We should be using the pandemic as a learning opportunity, rather than being in a rush to go back to how things were before when we know that those things weren’t working for some people.
Robyn Fretwell
5:41pm on 23 Jun 22 Yes. I posted something similar a while ago. I have many disabilities and have been emailed and told off so many times for my attendance when it's not my fault I can't come in. The university needs to accommodate for people with disabilities and illneses.
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