Research Question #9
What kinds of accommodations, if any, did the survivors receive at school and at work?
School accommodations.
Fifty percent (15 of 30) participants had had school or college experience since their TBI’s and were able to discuss the types of modifications and accommodations they had received. Seventy-three percent (11 of 15) reported that they had been provided with some modifications. Twenty-seven percent (4 of 15) who reported needing modifications stated that they did not receive them. Table 9 reports the modifications and accommodations received at school.
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Table 9.
Modifications and Accommodations Received At School
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Accommodation |
Percentage of Student Survivors Receiving (n=15) |
|---|---|
| Reduced number of classes | 53% |
| Tutoring | 53% |
| Special education | 47% |
| Adaptive physical education | 47% |
| Extra time to do assignments | 47% |
| Extra time to take exams | 40% |
| Counseling | 40% |
| Note-taker | 40% |
| Placement in different classes | 27% |
| Special transportation | 20% |
| Resource room placement | 13% |
| Shortened school day | 13% |
| Home schooling | 13% |
| Student escort around school | 13% |
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Other accommodations mentioned by survivors included adapted computer learning, specialist teacher for cognitive retraining, developmental movement classes, and having a reader to read to and for them.
Work accommodations.
Only ten individuals were able to report on work accommodations. Of this smaller cluster, 50% (5) reported that they had received workplace accommodations. Fifty percent (5) reported they had not received all of the modifications they needed. Twenty percent (2) reported receiving no accommodations at all.
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Table 10.
Accommodations at Work
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Accommodation |
Percentage of Working |
|---|---|
| Working fewer hours | 50% |
| No lifting | 30% |
| Assignment of different job duties | 30% |
| Job coach | 30% |
| Adaptive device | 10% |
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The one person who reported using an adaptive device at work had been furnished with a PowerBook computer specifically to help him compensate for his memory impairment.
Three individuals (30%) reported more subjective types of accommodations at work. One stated there was “tolerance" for her disability. Another said there was “considerateness” about it. A third reported purposely being exposed now to less stimulation on the job.