![]() ![]() However, Hernandez cautioned against acquiring accommodations informally through professors. “I don’t know what I would’ve done if I didn’t have such supportive professors.” I love my teachers,” Guizler Bonilla said. Guizler Bonilla has also worked directly with her professors, who she said have helped fill a void left by ARS. I physically have to be there, and not everyone has the time for that,” Guizler Bonilla said. “The only reason has been getting back to me is because I show up to the office. Managing without her full accommodations has been complicated by ARS’s lack of timely responses. And I was without that for a few weeks, which really sucked … Being a first year, trying to get the lay of the land and then having to deal with on top of it was really stressful.” “ is the most important accommodation I have,” she said. Now, seven weeks into classes, her correct microphone has still not arrived, but she is making do with the one provided by Scripps. “It got here in the middle of September, and it was the wrong one.” ![]() I gave them everything they needed, but they somehow messed it up and ordered me the wrong ,” Guizler Bonilla said. “I submitted all the information about my hearing aids and told them the microphone they needed to order. While Bella Guizler Bonilla SC ’26 did not have issues receiving her housing accommodations this past summer, the same was not true when it came to her academic accommodations. “I’ve just been explaining the situation to my professors, and so far, they’ve been understanding.” “ There has been very little communication from the office in general, so I think it would be a waste of my time to try and get my needs met,” Soleil Laurin SC ’24 said. Some students have taken their accommodations into their own hands, working directly with their professors to meet their academic needs. “As a result of staff transitions, ARS has been short-staffed and may not have been able to respond to inquiries within our preferred window,” Danny Hernandez, assistant dean for academic resources and accessibility services, said in a statement to TSL. Between her job, five classes and main role in a theater production, Trulove said that going to the office in person is not feasible, so she relies on communicating with ARS via email.įor many students, their primary contact in ARS has been Bianca Vinci, assistant director of student accessibility services however, she has been out of the office since at least August.Įmails sent to ARS are greeted with an auto-reply saying, “d ue to high volume of contact and unforeseen circumstances, please allow 72 hours to receive a response from our office.” Trulove has sent emails as far back as August but has yet to receive a response. I’ve sent at least three emails and just nothing.” “So far, I haven’t been able to get a response from anyone in the ARS at Scripps. “It’s been pretty bad,” Aidan Trulove SC ’24 said. Some students requesting help with accommodations have sent multiple emails to Academic Resources and Services (ARS) staff, failing to receive any response after weeks or months of waiting. ![]() Several Scripps College students report that requests for assistance with academic accessibility accommodations have not been met since the summer, forcing them to advocate for themselves independently. Scripps students who require academic accommodations are forced to find their own means as ARS staff fail to respond to their requests. ![]()
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