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Originally Posted by exlurker
WaterChild -- and others -- colleges and universities are required by law to provide services and accommodations for students with disabilities, including those with learning disabilities. A question-and-answer overview of some of the major issues is available:
http://www.pacer.org/publications/adaqa/504.asp
This ^ is only one of many possible sources of information about the rights and responsibilities of postsecondary students with disabilities, and college / university services for them. There aren't necessarily easy one-size-fits-all
answers to each individual student's situation.
Yes, it's true that many students with disabilities receive needed services in high school and elementary school; however, they may also require services while in college. |
Yes...but when does it end? High school students who struggle because of a learning disability may get accepted to colleges because of this law...but what about when they graduate after being coddled and 'accommodated'? Are jobs expected to also have lower expectations? Sorry, but in the real world, you are judged on what you accomplish...and I would NOT want to hire someone who had been conditioned to strive for the bare minimum, or even below that, like many, many people with learning disabilities are.
I realize this is a law, and it's illegal for universities to discriminate. I just don't agree with it in conjunction with learning disabilities. Students who need that much special accommodation that they receive both special privileges (such as extra testing time) and STILL cannot maintain a 2.5 are in serious risk of not making it in the real world...without the stresses of a sorority added on.
I realize this sounds harsh. However...I've seen this attitude of "I have a learning disability, so I deserve an A without doing any work" in a lot of people, which is why I feel this way.
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