KC wrote... A lot of colleges/professors still have a fairly elitist view of
higher education and feel that if a student requires or requests
accommodations, he or she probably shouldn't be there - the person just
isn't "college material." 

I agree, KC. I think this is a real problem in society in general- people
just don't understand this invisible disability! Particularly if a person
with LD has good social skills and otherwise seems competent, professors,
employers and others too often think he or she is "faking" the problem ("Aw,
come on... YOU have an LD? But you're so smart!") and looking for special
treatment. For those of us who have been working to raise awareness since
the 1960s, this is enormously frustrating, not to mention discouraging. But
we have to keep chipping away at the problem and helping others understand
that a person can be VERY competent in many ways yet still need
accommodations in order to succeed in others.
Arlyn