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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amazing how little empathy the posters here have for people with disabilities when it impacts you, calling it 'gaming' the system.  My child is whip smart, but has dyslexia.  I hope none of you who are demanding that accommodations be disclosed ever have to live with a child with a learning disability, seeing your child write his letters and numbers perfectly, but backwards.  It is painful, for parent and child.  Every day is a struggle in school and with homework.  I'm glad you all have perfect children - do you teach your kids to call people with LD's the R-word too?  [/quote]

Cool your jets. How old is your child? 4

FWIW I have the same kid but older. By SAT time I expect full remediation. My whip smart kid will do decently on the test with no extra time. Will she do better with extra time? Yes. But fine without. I don’t mind disclosure in either case. [/quote]

You might not mind, but your DC might.  My DC is 19 and in college and still needs accommodation because remediation only got him so far.  People with dyslexia have it all of their lives and it affects their ability to read.  They may learn to decode and eventually learn their phonemes but RAN issues will persist and rate will never go beyond a certain point (different for each person).  [/quote]

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