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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. When everyone gets accommodations, no one gets accommodations.[/quote]

Accommodations are not supposed to be an advantage, they are supposed to remove a barrier that allows the disabled person to perform.  Of course with a timed exam, extra time seems like an absolute advantage more than it does a wheelchair ramp.[/quote]

Extra time only seems like an advantage to you because you don’t have a barrier that needs to be removed.[/quote]

The only barrier being removed is your low tests scores.

Extra time in a timed exam is an advantage because results improve for everyone with extra time.

If you are not getting an advantage then we should increase the difficulty level of the exam and give EVERYONE more time.  But then you would want more time to deal with the higher difficulty level.  What you are saying is that you identify as smarter than you actually are and you want extra time so that your test scores can match your identity.[/quote]

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