Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), also known as chemical hypersensitivity, total allergy syndrome and environmental illness include many medical conditions that share a common characteristic: sufferers become ill from eating, breathing, or absorbing small amounts of widely used "safe" chemicals. Reactions may be immediate or delayed, severe or mild.
Classroom attendance can be severely affected by this disability, depending upon the physical environment of the building in which the class is held. Moving a class to a more tolerable environment in another building in an easy way to accommodate this disability. Some individuals may wear a face mask filter, which enables them to function normally in an environment toxic to their body systems.
DSS can assist in determining appropriate accommodations, which can facilitate the specific needs of individual students.