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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No (although my law school did).  Her accommodations give her certain preferences that fit her disability.  It is her obligation to take her disability package to the professor on the first day or meet with the professor with a rep. from the disability services office and say I (self-advocate) need the following (a) seating in the front; (b) copies of your notes; (c) extra time on exams, etc. (d) writing workshop coaching. All of this has to be worked out with the disability office at the college long before the school year begins.  To be clear, the IEP or 504 does not apply at the postsecondary level, but you can bring it with you when you meet with disability services.  Then disability services and your child figure out from their IEP history and recent testing (yes you have to show up with fresh testing - we picked one off the college's list of preferred testers) and determine what accommodations she will need to succeed in college.   [/quote]

It is encouraging to hear that this can be done. Can you say what college this is?[/quote]

Yes, happy to do so because we've been surprisingly thrilled with how "accommodating" the whole Virginia system has been. George Mason University.  Its disability office, counseling and writing centers have been so supportive and have exceeded any services we received with an IEP in public.  By the way, for those of you with kids who had LDs and suffer from seemingly endless amounts of homework, if you are working with a disability office in a college, ask them if your child/young adult can take a reduced load the first term.  It was my suggestion but the disability office immediately agreed so DC is taking 4 courses instead of five.  That has been a Godsend.  I can't speak with authority about services in other VA system colleges for kids with ADHD, LD and other issues, but am guessing being in the same VA system, the support has to be near what GMU is offering.[/quote]

I'm curious to what extent these accomodations really extend to the workforce. I know we have the ADA, but I would think asking for a reduced workload when you first start a job, e.g., would be a kiss of death for advancement.[/quote]

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