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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. The “disabilities” accommodation system is being fully gamed by UMC parents to squeeze out whatever additional advantage they can get for their kid. Meanwhile those of us with kids with actual disabilities see that they are still stigmatized because they aren’t the right type of disability. And here I am wanting my kid to take tests with no extended time (because I think he can, and I want him to learn to focus under pressure) but realizing that this puts him at too much of a disadvantage since all the kids with “ADHD”
get double time. But what really rankles is the parents who claim their kids are so disabled for certain purposes (ie when there is an advantage) but then either a) make arguments for excluding my kid or b) their kid becomes suddenly neurotypical when the label would be a detriment. [/quote]

- we personally know at least half a dozen kids who’s parents “arranged” for extra time on tests, including the SAT, by gaming the system and “doctor shopping” until they found someone willing to diagnose something wrong with the kid, for extra time.

Many doctors need to pay off student loans I guess.

Abuse of the ADA is rampant.[/quote]

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