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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you're child has a language waiver, then they won't require it[/b].[/quote]

But those waivers can be difficult to get.  My autistic child had filed with GMU's disability office but was not granted the waiver.  FWIW, here are the GMU rules. "Students pursuing a BA degree in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences or the College of Science must demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in one foreign language". At UVA, it's more strict.  The disabled child/adult must actually try to take the foreign language class and fail - only then can the two-year requirement be waived (that was as of six years ago - that policy may have changed).  Most guaranteed transfer programs from NVCC also look for a foreign language.  Here are William & Mary's rules for that: Note: Unless students have completed the fourth level in high school of a single foreign language, or demonstrated proficiency through SAT II subject tests by achieving the minimum score required to grant college credit, they must satisfactorily complete a fourth-semester course (202 level) in college.

OP, I think you are going to have to call each school and ask and also talk to disability services.  If there is a language requirement and you are going to seek a waiver you will have to file with disability services after acceptance but before arrival.  Both of my children were required to do that.  In the case of GMU, our most recent testing was three years old so DC had to do the expensive neuropsych testing all over again for submission to GMU and only then would they offer accommodations, which did not include waiver of the foreign language requirement.  We had to get her a tutor to help her independently get through those courses.[/quote]

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