Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Players - Revision history

Judycole: /* Player Responsibilities */ added a missing preposition

2024-09-18T00:12:28Z

‎Player Responsibilities: added a missing preposition

2010-08-25T23:59:11Z

‎Accommodation List: copyedit

2010-08-25T23:57:07Z

‎Player Responsibilities: copyedit

2010-08-25T23:56:37Z

‎Director Responsibilities: copyedit

2010-08-25T23:55:33Z

‎Accommodation List: Additional clock time.

2010-08-25T23:53:00Z

‎Accommodation List: word adjudication

2010-08-25T23:42:51Z

future redirection

2010-08-25T23:41:26Z

‎Accommodation List: table border

2010-08-25T23:39:56Z

‎Accommodation List: more merging

2010-08-25T23:33:47Z

+ director responsibilities

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 Players are responsible for alerting their
-[[directors]] in time their accommodation
+[[directors]] in time for their accommodation
 status to be verified with the Committee.

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 If an accommodation involves an assistant or special equipment, a player
-is entitled to remain at the same table throughout the
+is entitled to remain at the same table throughout a
-tournament, except when playing another accommodated player.
+session, except when playing another accommodated player.
 If an accommodation involves an assistant, then
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 |-
 |Physical disability (mobility)
-|Player will be assigned to the same table throughout the tournament; the table will be as close to the exit or toilet as possible. If the player cannot easily able to move to a word judge laptop, staff should adjudicate all word challenges in the player&rsquo;s games.
+|Player will be assigned to the same table throughout a session; the table will be as close to the exit or toilet as possible. If the player cannot easily able to move to a word judge laptop, staff should adjudicate all word challenges in the player&rsquo;s games.
 |&nbsp;
 |-

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 == Player Responsibilities ==
-Players are responsible for alerting their tournament
+Players are responsible for alerting their
-[[directors]] in time for directors to verify accommodation
+[[directors]] in time their accommodation
-status with the Committee.
+status to be verified with the Committee.
 If a player is accommodated by being granted permission

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 part of any accommodation described below, such as
 stationing a player at a fixed table throughout a
-tournament.
+session.
 Directors are responsible for explaining accommodations

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 |-
 |Physical disability (manual dexterity)
-|An assistant may perform any necessary actions.
+|An assistant may perform any necessary actions. If the disability is partial, a player may be granted up to five additional minutes of clock time per game.
 |&nbsp;
 |-
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 |-
 |Visual disability (moderate)
-|Player may use high-contrast or large-print tiles regardless of opponent&rsquo;s preference. Player may bring own light source, or be stationed at the table with the brightest available light.
+|Player may use high-contrast or large-print tiles regardless of opponent&rsquo;s preference. Player may bring own light source, or be stationed at the table with the brightest available light.  A player who is not able to clearly view the entire board may be granted up to five additional minutes of clock time per game.
 |&nbsp;
 |-
 |Visual disability (severe)
-|Player may use Braille tiles, Braille board and Braille writer. Staff should adjudicate all word challenges in the player&rsquo;s games.
+|Player may use Braille tiles, Braille board and Braille writer. Player may be granted up to five additional minutes of clock time per game. Staff should adjudicate all word challenges in the player&rsquo;s games.
 |&nbsp;
 |}

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 This page is a '''draft''' which has yet to be reviewed
 by the Tournament Committee.
 The [[Tournament Committee]] maintains this list of

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 the director.
-{|
+{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
 |-
 !Category
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 |Physical disability (mobility)
 |Player will be assigned to the same table throughout the tournament; the table will be as close to the exit or toilet as possible.
 |-
 |Physical disability (manual dexterity)

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 If an accommodation involves an assistant, then
-a player&rsquo;s instruction to an assistant is considered equivalent under the rules to the player performing the instructed action.
+a player&rsquo;s instruction to an assistant is considered equivalent under the rules to the player performing the instructed action.  The assistant must be approved by
 {|
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 |-
 |Religious restrictions (observes Jewish Sabbath)
-|An assistant (shabbos goy) may perform any necessary actions.
+|An assistant (shabbos goy) may perform any necessary actions. Player may keep score by moving two bookmarks in a book approved by the director (&ldquo;Dr Spock’s Baby and Child Care&rdquo; is acceptable, but [[OSPD4]]/[[OWL]] are not). Blank designation and tile tracking may be performed using a separate set of scrabble tiles, clearly different from those used in the game; a tile is set aside to designate a blank.
 |&nbsp;
 |-

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 by the Committee may appeal the Committee&rsquo;s decision
 to the [[Advisory Board]].
 == Player Responsibilities ==