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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some really horrible people on this thread.  God, I hope there are some sock puppets, cause it is hard to believe that so many people feel this way about people with disabilities.  [/quote]

Yes, there are horrible people in this thred bragging about their children cheating the system instead of accepting their snowflakes are a disappointment [/quote]

Pftt, you're a bumpkin that thinks everything of value summed up by a test. It takes a lot more than a score for anyone to get ahead. If you can't come to terms with that, you've got bigger problems than disabled people getting a fair shake.[/quote]

DP.  Thinking people shouldn't game the system is very different from thinking everything is the sum of a test.  In fact the people cheating to get an advantage on the test seem more inclined to believe everything hinges on that test.[/quote]

What irks me is that people think that just because a kid with accommodations does well on the test, they are somehow gaming the system.  My kid was diagnosed with ADHD, slow processing, and anxiety in 2nd grade.  He was retested at the end of middle school and the only thing that changed was that his anxiety was gone but ADHD and slow processing consistent with last diagnosis (different doctor).  That tells me that the accommodations are working for him.  BUT, because he is a straight A student with VERY high standardized test scores, people think that somehow we are gaming the system.  Sad that people are so heartless.[/quote]

Same here pp. I have two dc with disabilities one with dysgraphia only; the other with more complicated disabilities. Both are very smart. Neither "looks" disabled.  There was no going to  a pediatrician to get a dx of adhd. Both dc had issues noted in elementary. I have spent a fortune on testing and therapies to try to help them. My dc scored well on the sat and can get decent enough grades with accommodations. Without accommodations, these are the kids who hate school and tune out and drop out. We know where they end up. The short sighted views expressed by some of these posters is so ignorant and based on petty jealousy.    [/quote]

+1000.  It is not easy to parent a 2e kid. It is not easy to be a 2e kid. You are welcome to take the extended test time on the SAT  if you also take the social, emotional and academic challenges that go along with being 2e.  These are kids who have the potential to be very successful.  Or to become depressed, self medicated drop outs. There is not a lot of in between. [/quote]

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