When to accomodate, and when not to....
In my field, I instruct students on an even keel. It is the students responsibility to do the assigned work. It is my resposibility to make sure that all accesses to there educaton is met. When a student isnt doing well, and starts using the "I have a learning disability", issue. Then I think that there should be a more thorough insight to that students issue, as to , are they truly struggling due to a LD, or are they using a crutch just to make things easier and get by. I see this often, students who don't, that take advantage away from those who do.....
Gloria,
It isn't easy to claim a learning disability. It is messy and expensive and time consuming to provide all the appropriate verification of one's status as a student with a learning disability, eligible for protection under the law. Sounds like you have made an unsupportable assumption.
Dr. Jane Jarrow
I have to agree. Too many students take advantage of how easy it is to claim a LD.
There should be other forms, tests, etc that can better determine if a person truly has a LD.
I am not sure I follow your thinking, Jon. Are you suggesting that students who suggest that their disability is an issue in their performance are most likely looking for sympathy, or for others to lower their expectations. There are certainly some students who do that. But it is your last sentence that confuses. What "advantage" are students who attribute their performance to disability-related struggles taking away... and from whom?
Dr. Jane Jarrow
