Hello Jon,
 
I have forwarded your question to both Nancie Payne and Neil Sturomski,  both 
experts in our field.   I am confident that we will find the  correct answer 
to your question.
 
 
Rochelle
 
 
 
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Hello All: 

Recently the literacy agency that I work for instituted  an LD policy that 
included the stipulation that a student's documentation of his  or her learning 
disability has to be no more than five years old. I was also  told that the 
college were teach a Pre-GED class has the same stipulation.  

I was under the impression, perhaps in my own little mind, that this  
question had been raised in court cases involving the ADA and that court rulings  had 
established that such a stipulation was not valid because a learning  
disability is a permanent disability that is present throughout an individual's  
entire lifetime, and, therefore, once is has been professionally diagnosed,  there 
is no need to continually redocument its existence. 

Does anyone  know if this is the case? 

Thanks for your assistance. 

Jon  Doherty 










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