Pop Quizzes and Accomodations

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At my university, I find a lot of professors force their students to come to class by giving pop quizzes. Personally, I avoid sitting in these classes lectures because of the extreme sensory issues they can cause me.

To take the test at the center, I have to know ahead of time when to come in for the test. I feel trapped because professors will tell me "if you know the test ahead of time, you will have an unfair advantage". However, by taking the test in a problematic place I have an unfair disadvantage. I feel my rights as a student with a disability are infringed upon. Every time I take quizzes in these classes, I get Ds and Fs.

Did anyone else have this issue? How did you resolve it?

i reccoment explaning this exact issue with the disability department and ask them to speak to the proffesor

Are the quizzes graded in class or does the prof collect them? If they're graded after class, perhaps you could go with your instructor back to his dept and take the quiz there in his office, another room with the door open and your backpack stored elsewhere (such as behind the dept receptionist's desk), or even in the dept lobby area with the receptionist to be the "proctor"? As long as it's immediately after, you shouldn't have too much of an advantage over the other students unless the quiz content is discussed right after they're collected.