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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not give all of the test takers extra time.  If they finish early, they can leave.  If they need the extra time for whatever reason (maybe undiagnosed LD) they will have it along with the test takers who need the additional time.

[/quote] I agree with this. Our child needs additional time because of diabetes. They need to measure blood sugar and inject insulin if blood sugar is high or eat/drink something if blood sugar is low. My friend's child gets additional time because of epilepsy: their brain sometimes stops working for a few seconds here and there. Therefore it would be unfair to the truly sick kids to disallow the additional time for all. Everybody should be able to take as much time as they need.[/quote]

We have a friend’s DC who had extra time for the ACT and scored 36 out of 36. DC has diabetes.  What should have been given was time in between the sections for the DC to eat and test sugar/insulin levels - not extra time to do a speed based test. DC is now seeking extra time on MCAT. [/quote]

There are kids with diabetes that get extra time and are allowed to have snacks in the room with them. [/quote]

Diabetic kids should not get extra time on tests but extra time between sections of the tests to check insulin level etc.[/quote]

Because blood sugar is so variable (and is least predictable under stressful conditions), the delta can be extreme and potentially very dangerous, and high/low blood sugar has cognitive impacts, what T1Ds actually need is (1) ability to test blood glucose during as needed, (2) breaks as needed to regulate blood sugar, (3) and ability to eat/drink as needed.

Since this could obviously be disruptive to non-T1Ds, one-on-one testing is optimal, though this cannot be guaranteed.

FYI, we also got permission to use Dexcom though phone, but the phone had to be on proctor’s desk, and in some kind of mode that would make looking things up impossible. College Board provided instructions.

I offer this to any potential T1D parents bc it took a while to figure out what to request.

Okay, carry on with your arguing now. 
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