Each semester, DSP approves a very small number of students for the accommodation of remote participation. In Fall 2025, 22 of the over 5,500 students that DSP serves were approved for the accommodation of remote participation.
Because this accommodation has a higher likelihood than most other accommodations of creating a fundamental alteration concern, and because instructors often require guidance and/or assistance in implementing this accommodation, every time that a student requests to utilize the accommodation, the student’s assigned Disability Specialist reaches out to each of the student’s instructors via email to engage in the interactive process and determine whether implementing the accommodation would result in a fundamental alteration of the course.
When you receive an email from a DSP Disability Specialist about this accommodation, please respond to the Disability Specialist to share any concerns or questions, and engage in the interactive process as needed to determine whether or not the accommodation can be implemented in your course.
If a concern is raised that implementing a remote participation accommodation will result in a fundamental alteration of the course, the instructor and Disability Specialist should engage in the campus’s fundamental alteration process