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HELLO EVERYONE :

I AM SOMEWHAT? A LURKER ON THIS BOARD. I MUST SAY I REALLY ENJOY THE DISCUSSIONS VERY MUCH AND 

THEY ARE HELPFUL TO ME. THE TOPIC ON THE BOARD AT THE PRESENT TIME IS VERY DEAR TO ME FOR 

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WHOM I AM RAISING. THAT SAID I ALSO AM A ADULT WHO HAS 

HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING HERE IN MY STATE. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO POINT OUT TO 

SOME THAT A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY SHOULD NOT DEMAND AN ACCOMMODATION IN THE TESTING , 

WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH SOCIETY VIEW INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND YES 

SOME SEE THEM AS DEMANDING DUE THEIR DISABILITIES FOR WHICH THEY HAVE RIGHT TO LEGALLY.

AND MOST ADULT LEARNERS THAT HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES WILL NOT VOLUNTEER THIS INFORMATION 

AND ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY CAN GET THE EXTRA HELP THEY NEED. I LIVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND 

IN SOME COUNTIES OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT ALLOW TO ENROLL IN THE VOCATIONAL 

PROBLEMS UNLESS THEY CAN PASS THE TABE TEST. WHEN I ENROLLED WE HAD TO PASS THE TABE 

BEFORE THEY ALLOW US TO GRADUATE OR COMPLETE OUR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH MANY OF THE STUDENTS 

TO DROPOUT. I ASK MY INSTRUCTOR ABOUT THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND HE TOLD ME 

THEY COULD GET THE EXTRA HELP , BUT THEY HAD TO BE ONE TELL THE INSTRUCTOR THEY HAD LD OR DISABILITY 

OR GET THEIR TRANSCRIPTS FROM THEIR LAST SCHOOL IN ORDER TO GET IT. BUT AS STATED EARLIER 

MOST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WON'T TELL ANYONE , BECAUSE OF EMBARASSMENT AND THE INSTRUCTOR

ATTITUDE. WHILE I WAS ENROLLED IN IN MY TRAINING , I CHANGE MY PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUCTOR'S

ATTITUDE , AND I DO NOT HAVE A DISABILITY I WAS THERE TO FRESHEN UP UP MY SKILLS TO RE-ENTER THE 

JOB MARKET . SO UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY CAN ASK AND RECEIVE ACCOMMODATIONS 

AND ASSISTANCE , BUT SOME TIMES GETTING IT IS A BATTLE. I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ALL OF YOU ARE DOING .


ROSALIND KING





















 


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I wonder if 
adult learners who need accommodations, due to physical, sensory, cognitive, or 
psychiatric reasons could "demand" these accommodations? Does anyone on this 
list know the answer to this?

Do any of you work/learn in adult literacy 
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