Sonia, a first-year college student with a disability, wanted to participate in her college’s student chess club. The club is free, meets on campus, and is open to all students. She met with the chess club president to explain the accommodation she would need for her to be able to attend club meetings. Then, the chess club president reached out to Roger, the campus ADA Coordinator, so he could get Sonia the accommodation.

Roger knew what to do when a student requested an accommodation for a class. However, he was unfamiliar with what to do when a student requests an accommodation for an extracurricular activity on campus. Roger decided to call his regional ADA Center. The ADA Specialist at the regional ADA Center told Roger that because the club is part of an on-campus extracurricular activity offered to all students, the club activities are covered by the ADA. With this information, Roger immediately arranged the accommodation for Sonia.

Thanks to the ADA, Sonia can participate in the chess club. Sonia later emailed Roger to tell him that she won her most recent chess tournament!