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[quote=Anonymous][quote]As a parent of a child with a gifted FSIQ while also having slightly below average processing speed and a learning disability I wholeheartedly agree. We are in an odd time where our kids’ cognitive profiles are being looked at piecemeal. But one index is just one index! Real life isn’t compartmentalized like that. Math requires every single intelligence index. So does practicing law. So does practicing medicine etc. is the full scale IQ the only number that matters? It weighs the other indices in a way to provide some kind of “one number” like average. But, no. Really it’s just one test at one time. It’s not a magic number. These tests aren’t great.

You know what these tests are great at? Helping professionals diagnose learning disabilities. That’s what these indices are good for.

My child has a learning disability. To say she’s as smart as kids with a higher IQ because she has a disability is preposterous! She is what she is. She should not be given accommodations on an IQ test. I’m not so sure she should on the SAT! So that she score higher? To show how she would score if she didn’t have this disability? She does! [b]Real life doesn’t come with accommodations. I hear other parents claim they do. But, no, they don’t. 
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 What we can provide for her is access to learning. We can help her learn. We can work around her deficits. Which she will have to learn how to do for the rest of her life. [/quote]

Real life comes with [u]some[/u] accommodations.  Employers don't have to hire you for a job you aren't qualified for, but under the ADA, employers are generally required by law to make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability.

Regardless, adults can choose a job that plays to their strengths rather than their weaknesses.  That's not true in high school or on the SAT - you have to take required courses, and complete required sections of the test.   You can choose to apply to the limited group of colleges that don't focus as much on the SAT, or you can ask for extra time.  [/quote]

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