Learning disabilities questions

[cookderosa]

Thanks for the insight on the accommodation from the angle of the CC college teacher. And of course you cannot be wrong in pointing out that yb1 has to realize that he/she has to take command of their situation. But, I would like to say that in my experience, any tone of comment that might even possibly misconstrued as "Just put your shoulder to the wheel." could be ultimately non productive. I mistakenly followed this path for 20 years with my son, until after many years of family pain and strife I was blessed with an epiphany under the guidance of my son's new psychologist and my own blitzkrieg of study on the subject, which is quite maddening to those of us who have quick minds and easy willpower. However, I do not see the irony of accommodation on a CLEP exam. If mastery of a subject can be demonstrated with just some more time or break of some kind during the test, all that's been lost compared to you or me is that the accommodated student needs more time. In the real world of course this individual may have to work more hours in a day to meet deadlines than we do. And quite rightly, there are many professions where this extra time would certainly not be appropriate. But on CLEP subjects, I don't see it.

I understand, and of course I'm compassionate to the difficulties anyone faces and the strength they need to overcome them. I don't see asking for help as a weakness, I don't think you think I do, but just to be clear. When someone is opting out of services, they're opting out. That's their decision. This student hasn't self identified for regular coursework, so why now?

Getting extra time is only one type of accommodation, of course there are many others. It's not really a specific accommodation that I'm struggling with (clearly, we can have the exam read if our test-taker were blind, etc.) but rather the tone of the thread. Judging by other's comments, I'm not the only one who smells something fishy.