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[quote=Anonymous]I would absolutely get the testing now since it can take a while to get in and get the reports back. I wouldn't wait until she figures out where she wants to go. Disability offices are completely different at each college. Some are great, and some are downright terrible. You want to go in with a diagnosis and list of accommodations that you would like to request (and have to fight for at some schools). They will not be volunteering accommodations for you.  I have a kid at college with T1 which has specific medical accommodations she needs and sometimes even getting those is a fight.

What accommodations do you have for anxiety?  My dyslexic kid is a freshman in HS and his accommodations are:
Extended Time Testing - Time-and-a-Half (+50%) 
Ability to type class notes, if needed 
Word Processing for Written Work 
Audio Book 
Laptop with Accessibility Applications (Example: Electronic Dictionary/Thesaurus, Grammarly, Speech to Text, 
etc.) 
No Penalty for spelling
ASL waiver for World Language

Most of them he probably won't need in college since almost all of this is already allowed (aside from the extra time), but we will still pursue them once he gets to college.

I hear you on the text anxiety.  My kid has it as well.  He does not do well on standardized tests or tests in general.  His school gave the PSAT last week to all students as purely a practice test.  No accommodations were given to anyone.  We knew this in advance and were advised many times that this is purely a practice to get the kids ready.  The scores go nowhere.  I'm really interested to see how he did.  It won't be pretty.  [/quote]

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