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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really want to see this extra time scam go away. I’d like ACT and SAT to have to disclose the exact accommodations. But I know this won’t happen.

Instead I invite everyone to get their kids extra time. Go to an ed psych and explain how you think your dc is slow and not performing to his potential. Have your dc absolutely bomb the processing speed subtests. It’s not hard to explain to your kid how and why. Done.

If more and more people do this hopefully this will change for the better. [/quote]

My DC had extra time because he had a reader and a scribe.  Both take longer to take tests as a result.  It has to go through two brains ad the scribe frequently doesnt write very fast.  He received 50% extra time as a result. [/quote]

Is your DC in a private school?  Do you pay for the reader and the scribe?  I am am curious.  If your DC is in a public school and the school system pays for the reader and the scribe, will colleges, whether public or private, also pay for the reader and the scribe?  Will employers also pay?  I genuinly don't know the answer to this.  I am asking to be aware of the opportunities that exist out there.  TIA.[/quote]

Not the PP, but my nephew is engaged to a woman who is deaf and they met at college.  The college was required to provide her with an interpreter but after the first semester she and her family decided to hire their own private professional interpreter.  She's now out in the workforce and the company where she works is required to provide her with an interpreter as well.  Her job doesn't require a ton of face-to-face time with others, so the interpreter is only required on some days when there are meetings or presentations.  She and her coworkers get by fine without one there during her normal day-to-day job duties, but if she requested one, the company would have to provide it.      [/quote]

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