I think our thinking is out of date, and hence the law is out of date.  
We have to adapt material to fit the students.

Andrea
On Nov 9, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Arlyn Roffman wrote:


> 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

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