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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The USA is the least ableist nation in the world, and by A LOT. Most educational system in the US are pretty lenient, in that they have workarounds for students with special needs, OP.

In France, my home country, the Baccalaureate requirements are strict and the bar to pass is pretty high. Same for A levels in the UK and the Abitur in Germany. Developed East Asian nations have excruciatingly high educational standards.

Wealthy democracies everywhere hardly have any accommodations for kids with special needs. It's only in the US that there is so much offered to that population.

My oldest, with ADHD, ASD and dyscalculia, benefited greatly from school accommodations. He was allowed DOUBLE TIME, which is mind-boggling to me, since in France all he would have gotten is one third extra time. He made it to AP Calc BC in 12th grade, BTW, with intensive tutoring for all of K-12.

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That’s why East Asian countries have so much poverty.  They deem too many kids unworthy of an education.  And what is dyscalculia?  Is that a brain related disorder?[/quote]

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