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Question Regarding “Reasonable Accommodations” for college

Hey everyone! Im posting here because I need advice regarding my college’s accommodations for my sleep disorder, and whether or not they are reasonable.

For some context, I applied to my local community college with the goal of transferring to another college. The problem is with the accommodations that they have come up with. In the meeting with their disability councilor, they told me that due to my sleep disorder, and their attendance policy, stating that I can only miss3 days in a class before im dropped out of the course. Their compromise is that i can only take online courses. While this seems fine enough on paper, due to the fact that I am wanting to get a physics degree, this severely limits the majors that i can obtain, due to the prerequisite requirements for said major not being online. My question is; does this constitute as “fair and equal access to courses”? From my own research they should be able to alter their attendance policy in regard to the disability.

TLDR My college is only letting me take online courses, severely limiting the degrees that i can take, and I am wondering if this falls under “reasonable accommodations”

Thanks for any advice!

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u/Expensive_Chance_421 — 14 days ago