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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get why parents of kids w accommodations are so against extended time or abolishing it completely for everyone esp in light of knowing certain segments of the population is abusing this.[/quote]

The real issue is many of the parents commenting are the ones who have no issue gaming the system and it makes it very hard for some of us who have kids with LD - kids who struggled to read, talk, focus, grasp basic concepts and in less you have a child like that, you don't really get it.  You aren't the parent who quit their job to take your child to daily tutoring and/or therapies (sometimes multiple a day) and are living pay check to pay check to give your child the best chance in life, and yet these kids, who are great kids still struggle. [b] This is where the issue comes in.  [/b]Not the kids who struggle or aren't the brightest so parents create a diagnosis later on, which is gaming the system in less they just have crappy parents (like mine were) who felt was easier to ignore vs. get help even though they knew their child was struggling.  We aren't talking about the kids in Infant and Toddler who didn't talk till 2.5.  We are talking about the kids who don't start talking till age 5 and struggle with receptive language.  Kids who don't start reading till 3 after years of tutoring with dyslexia.  We are talking about kids who cannot grasp or memorize math facts easily and have been getting the help for years.  Its easy to say, oh, Larla is ok, but you never really know.  Most people look at mine and are shocked to know.[/quote]

Exactly. I don't think anyone questions whether kids with severe learning disabilities should get accommodations, but rather that it's too easy for kids who don't really need them to get them as well. It taints the whole pool and is unfair to both ends of the spectrum.[/quote]

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