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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm sorry you're getting so many ableist comments. This webpage has contact information to ask about accommodations: https://mva.maryland.gov/about-mva/Pages/Persons-With-Disabilities.aspx[/quote]

Just want to support that your kid should absolutely be accommodated - both under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. You should just have to show something like; 1) diagnosis and 2) adverse impact of disability and 3) need for an accommodation.

On the basis of the documentation that you have, it should be pretty easy.  Highlight in the neuropsychological where extra time and reader are suggested, along with the diagnosis.  Your determination of similar accommodations from SAT or ACT might also be helpful.  Or, if you have an IEP that shows accommodations.  No governmental institution taking money from the feds should really be second-guessing the disability determination of another government institution or major corporation (like SAT/ACT).

Sometimes, people don't know disability law, so if you encounter a low level staffer who says there are no accommodations, please ask (kindly) to talk to a supervisor.  Just keep saying, "I know this is an unusual situation, but I'm 100% sure that under the Americans with Disability Act, DD is eligible for accommodations.

Keep in mind that they have to offer you something that reasonably meets the need.  So, for example, if you ask for a live reader and they offer you some kind of recorded taping, you would probably have to accept either.

MVA has an Office of Civil Rights with more info about disability accommodation for drivers license - [url]https://mva.maryland.gov/about-mva/Pages/ocrfp.aspx#:~:text=%E2%80%8BLogin%20or%20create%20your,the%20person's%20screen%20reader%20program[/url].  Click on ADA Reasonable Accommodation and a window will pop up that explains how to ask for these in your myMVA account. Reader and extended time are explicitly mentioned.  But, again, for people with different disabilities, just because an accommodation isn't mentioned doesn't mean it can't be made.

For people with disabilities that may need more assistance, DORS Maryland offers support in practicing for the drivers license and adaptive driving. [url]https://dors.maryland.gov/consumers/WTC/RTS/Pages/driving.aspx[/url]

For those of you who are just "have her try and if she fails, then get the accommodation," I recognize that you are maybe trying to say one doesn't need to go to the trouble of accommodations and you might think that comes from a good place, please consider that kids with disabilities have a right to attempt these things the first time with the accommodations they need.  Imagine if you had to do everything in life once, fail at it and only then be given conditions under which you could perform? I work with kids who need accommodations, and the amount of anxiety that creates, even in the brightest kids who might actually be able to succeed in some instances -- it's insane. [/quote]

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