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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are some articles to inject actual data into the discussion:

On how accommodations have increased especially among the affluent: https://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25919971&bcid=25919971&rssid=25919961&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Few%2F%3Fuuid%3D3E8BB0CA-8835-11E7-905B-8B98B3743667

https://newtriernews.org/news/2018/05/11/testing-accommodations-four-times-national-average/

https://edsurgeindependent.com/a-case-against-extended-test-time-71aa4a82148d

Up to 46% of kids at some affluent high schools, according to the third article![/quote]

It's the second article that is most infuriating. And it really hurts those with actual disabilities.[/quote]

Schools who make a disproportionate number of requests on behalf of their students should have those requests subject to a higher degree of scrutiny and a look back period.

While some students are 'discovered' to have an issue in high school, the majority of the students in most need of accommodations have had them since elementary or middle school at the latest. As an example, ADHD is [b]rarely an appropriate diagnosis for an issue that was not present and a disabling issue when someone was a  young child.[/b]
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Not true - I was diagnosed at age 35.[/quote]

You can be diagnosed at age 35. But typically the psychologist needs to look back at your childhood history and find some evidence then that was not at the time recognized

If you have a sudden onset of ADHD symptoms at age 30+ it is probably something else. Anxiety and ADHD, for example, can present very similarly with problems with focusing, executive functioning and reading otherse' social cues. [/quote]

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