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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A reader. A scribe. Etc. What kind of career would ever allow for such accomodations? Will your child become a judge who can',t reAd and write? An elementary teacher who can't read? A journalist who can't write? Hard to understand this?[/quote]

You are clueless.  There are lots of interventions people use every day in their jobs that you may or may not realize they are using.  There is a very famous lawyer who is dyslexic.  He can read, but I would imagine it takes longer.  In interviews, he has mentioned that he does to use notes at trial.  He memorizes everything.  So yes, it is indeed possible.

Oh, and by the way, want to know the one thing I do NOT do everyday at work?  Take tests!!!  Someone's ability to take a test without accommodations has nothing to do with their ability to do a job.  The tests are a rough guess of how someone might do in college.  Plenty of kids with LDs do just great in college (and after), despite getting accommodations on tests.  [/quote]

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