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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you may find this hard to believe but it's not as easy as you think to get accommodations on the ACT and SAT. I'm the PP whose daughter has abnormal eye tracking and low processing. She is in a special program at her high school that provides her with the support she needs to do well in college prep courses.

The program director told us to be prepared to be turned down for ACT/SAT accommodations despite her IEP and other documentation. She said the bar is very high, most get turned down - however, she will then file an appeal and provide additional documentation and we cross our fingers that is is accepted by ACT/SAT.

She felt our daughter has a good chance of getting accommodations on an appeal, but not to count on it for they routinely turn down kids that she feels really should get it. So, rest assured, they are not handing out extra hours like candy to anyone who asks or provides them with a minimum of documentation of a vague problem.[/quote]

This is true.[/quote]

+1.  My DD who has received accommodations at her high school for ADHD since freshman year was turned down for accommodations on the SAT.[/quote]

And rightly so.  Because they are seeing an increase of kids coming to the party late with diagnoses after middle school.  it is very suspicious when people suddenly have a new diagnosis of ADHD. [b] In most cases this is identified in elementary school. [/b] I am sure those who are gaming the system are the ones who decide to get evaluated in high school for the first time.  Our DS gets accommodations on both SAT and ACT, but he has a strong history of accommodations since 2nd grade.
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This is true for affluent families in modern times. It's not true for lower-middle-class/working-class families. 
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We are upper or higher middle MC, and one kid has been diagnosed since 4 years old. Had accommodations through whole education. DD wasn't diagnosed until sophomore HS. High IQ, and I always suspected she had ADHD, social and hyper, but thought it was my duty as a parent to provide her with activities and social interactions. There was no need to diagnosis until it started to affect her whole life, which started in HS. ADHD and other diagnosis can mess up future employment opportunities, especially if you need a clearance, I don't see why anyone would want fake ADHD or anxiety in their kids. I would give anything for my kids not to have these issues, it is so difficult seeing your child fail a class because she does all the work and constantly forgets to turn it in,(even with teachers and parents and therapist trying to give extra chances), have a student in college who refuses to admit he needs accommodations because his anxiety won't let him. But, I have seen many HS students who are gaming the system, especially those with rich parents who are involved in high level HS sports.  So, it makes sense that they are doing it in college too. All of a sudden half the team is on concerta, and usually calm kids are acting like they are on drugs, because they are. That is the effect stimulants have on kids who don't have ADHD. And in private schools, many  athletes are held back. So, while I don't understand how parents can drug their kids for sports or academic improvement, or tell their kids they have a learning disability when they don't, I have seen it happen over and over during the last 6 or more years. Apart from helping my DD turn homework in, she has no other accommodations at all in her HS, so I am not sure how all these students are getting accommodations approved. It is very hard getting extra time allowed.[/quote]

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