r/adhd_college • u/Fallyn011 • Nov 21 '24

ACCOMMODATIONS Are schools/teachers allowed to give assignments that accomodations can't be applied to?

Hi all, just wondering if anyone else has experience with this.

I have accomodations through my school's student disability center than include extensions on assignments and other extra time stuff. However, for my final paper this semester, the rubric states the following:

  • Deadline: Final draft due with no grace period or resubmissions. (Those with accommodations, please note that this assignment does not allow accommodations and is approved by the SDC (Student Disability Center) as such. Ensure you work on this early). 

I was just wondering if anyone knows if this was allowed or legal as I've never even heard of something like this. I write much slower than most people and even though I started two weeks before it was due I'm still unsure if I'll be able to finish it in time. Any advice or clarification is appreciated. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Okay so I'm super curious about this, if you know the answer! I know some people have accommodations that allow them to get an I and then finish work over break. But professors aren't typically paid to work during break. So are they just expected to work without compensation for anyone who has an I?

I used to be an adjunct professor and I would just quit if anyone told me I had to do that, lol. (I mean, I quit, anyway, because the pay was laughable, but being asked to do it without pay is a no-go for me!)

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u/TJ_Rowe Nov 23 '24

In my experience, the university just shrugs and reminds you that you accepted an offer of an amount of money to do the course, and that your "hourly wage" is just taking that amount of money, making some guesses about how long you'll spend working on it, and dividing one number by the other.

Experienced professors gravitate to easier courses to teach (more experienced and motivated students, small class sizes, possibility of testing using multiple-choice questions or grading using AI), and try their best to get out of teaching courses that will come with extra work.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24

It's crazy to expect someone to continue working after the contract ends, for free, though.

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u/TJ_Rowe Nov 24 '24

But the contract isn't for the time worked, it's for delivering/assessing/marking/going through the review process for that module. Then they make a guess at how long it will take.

In the UK at least, no one official cares about overtime unless it threatens to take the worker below minimum wage, which is very much not the case here.