What do Grads do AFTER all the accommodations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine having a pilot who has all the skills on paper but needs 50% more time to make the same decisions as regular pilots? Or a surgeon who can accurately and correctly perform a procedure but has to keep you cut open for 90 minutes instead of 60 minutes?

You don't understand ADHD. Go read a book.

[Anonymous]

Well, if the accommodations were actually needed, there are very few jobs that they can perform correctly.

[Anonymous]

I bet 25% of DCUM posters who share their kids' SAT/ACT scores have accommodations. Next time when someone brags about "1560 one-sitting," or "got into HYPSM," posters should ask "with or without accommodations?" because it's a legitimate question.

[Anonymous]

It should need to be included anytime you reference your degree, just like I have to include that I need glasses on my driver's license. It doesn't mean I can't drive, but I only qualified with the accommodation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have also wondered this. It is a form of DEI that doesn’t exist in the real world.

I’d like to introduce you to the ADA, which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations.

[Anonymous]

They take the jobs best suited to their skills. There are so many jobs that don’t require testing, that have no long-term deadlines, aren’t project based, whatever. You get the accommodations to get through school, then you get a job which doesn’t need any of those kind of accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It should need to be included anytime you reference your degree, just like I have to include that I need glasses on my driver's license. It doesn't mean I can't drive, but I only qualified with the accommodation.

Yeah, I should put on my resume next to my degree that I got an accommodation for a private bathroom in my dorm because of my ulcerative colitis. Definitely something my employer needs to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have also wondered this. It is a form of DEI that doesn’t exist in the real world.

What a disgusting comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They take the jobs best suited to their skills. There are so many jobs that don’t require testing, that have no long-term deadlines, aren’t project based, whatever. You get the accommodations to get through school, then you get a job which doesn’t need any of those kind of accommodations.

So just no positions like doctor or lawyer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have also wondered this. It is a form of DEI that doesn’t exist in the real world.

What a disgusting comment.

In what way is it disgusting? I'm really not following.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that this world isn't fair. Play the game - we didn't create the game but learn to play if you want to survive.

Yes, we played the game called 3 different consults confirmed your child has ASD, prior to grade 2. Some elevators exist for those who cannot walk the stairs. Others ride them as well. Not everyone is gaming the system to survive. You have a huge chip on your shoulder. Bitter is ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that this world isn't fair. Play the game - we didn't create the game but learn to play if you want to survive.

Yes, we played the game called 3 different consults confirmed your child has ASD, prior to grade 2. Some elevators exist for those who cannot walk the stairs. Others ride them as well. Not everyone is gaming the system to survive. You have a huge chip on your shoulder. Bitter is ugly.

If you aren't well-off, your kid wouldn't have accommodation because they wouldn't have been diagnosed. Their life probably would turn out OK, but with a high school GPA that was 0.2 lower and an SAT that was 100 points lower. Probably wouldn't make it to their current college and had to settle for less. More importantly, your kid took away a spot for someone more deserving who didn't have the money to but accommodation. You should feel bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if the accommodations were actually needed, there are very few jobs that they can perform correctly.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They take the jobs best suited to their skills. There are so many jobs that don’t require testing, that have no long-term deadlines, aren’t project based, whatever. You get the accommodations to get through school, then you get a job which doesn’t need any of those kind of accommodations.

So just no positions like doctor or lawyer?

Tons of doctors and lawyers have ADHD. Why are you posting about this topic when you are so obviously igonorant about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet 25% of DCUM posters who share their kids' SAT/ACT scores have accommodations. Next time when someone brags about "1560 one-sitting," or "got into HYPSM," posters should ask "with or without accommodations?" because it's a legitimate question.

No, it isn't.