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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of a child with a LD, I appreciate those who are saying those same accommodations don’t exist in the workplace, but most kids know not to seek out jobs that won’t work with their learning disability. For example, my kid has a typing accommodation. She would not seek out a job that required lots of hand writing, but she does need an accommodation in college because not all professors otherwise allow computers in the classroom.

She also gets a quiet testing location. And she would never seek out a job like working on a loud trading floor.

Intelligent kids know what does and does not work for them. You don’t have to hinder their education for all jobs just because they aren’t well suited to a few jobs.[/quote]

The problem is that accommodation like a “quiet testing environment” means kids don’t learn to tolerate distractions. [/quote]

It would seem to me that if, clinically, there was evidence that exposure decreased ADHD that would quickly become the preferred therapeutic intervention. The fact that I’ve never heard any medical or educational professional suggest this as a pathway to prioritize, makes me think it might not be that easy.[/quote]

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