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Fig. 3

From: Speaking up: a model of self-advocacy for STEM undergraduates with ADHD and/or specific learning disabilities

Fig. 3

Overview of the accommodation process our participants experienced to initially establish and use accommodations in undergraduate STEM courses. (1) Students with qualifying disabilities submit official documentation to the campus Disability Resource Center (DRC). (2) The DRC reviews and approves the documentation, and subsequently (3) the student can schedule an initial accommodation meeting with their assigned DRC coordinator. During this initial meeting, the student and their DRC coordinator agree on the accommodations the student will request in each of their courses, and (4) the DRC sends the instructors of these courses an official accommodation letter through the online accommodation system. (5) The instructor receives and acknowledges the accommodation letter, and the student’s accommodations are established for the semester

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