was told that she is allowed to run her class as she sees fit.
What.
Okay, what if the story had been, "Little Jimmy is color blind, he can't tell the difference between red & green"? Does he just have to figure it out, because teachers can run a class any way they see fit, without worrying about such things as the students' physical capabilities?
Because if I was a teacher in the '80's (which I couldn't be because they never happened), I'd have told people to write with their mouthes, or dicks, or something. I am not constrained by this logic & practicality bullshit!