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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I have a student whose accommodation is that she never has to turn anything in on time.  Ever.  Won't she make a great employee someday?  Just hope you're not the one who has to stay late and pick up the slack when she requests yet another extension.[/quote]

It isn't just at work. How is she going to pay bills on time? It is a ridiculous accommodation that is set to g her up to fail in life. Why not 50% of assignments can be late, why every single assignment? Turning everything in late just adds needless stress.[/quote]

There are these things called computers.  They have this thing where you can have your bills automatically paid on time every month.  You can set your credit cards to automatically pay the balance (or whatever amount you configure) on time every month.  If you use a store charge card, you can frequently just pay it off when you're still in the store or you can hop onto your bank app and set up a bill pay for the amount to occur a couple of days before the billing date.  The problem with people like you is that you think your way of doing thing is the only possible way of doing things yet here I list several ways someone with severe ADHD can (and do!) have perfect on-time payments.

(Btw, frequently having an IEP that specifies no assignment due dates is either severe anxiety triggered by the stress of due dates or it's because the child is in and out of the hospital so much, there is no ability to predict when they'll need extra time.)

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