alt Hacker NewsIt is probably not good if nearly half (38% qualifies as nearly half, right?) of students are considered disabled and needing accommodations, right?
Surely nearly half of any given public population can't be disabled?
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They're quite obviously not.
They're lying so they can get unlimited time on the test and/or look at their phone.
They're smart kids that see a loophole in the system. They will take advantage!
Most everyone has some disability or other. Just because you may work around it or not think of it that way, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Even 5% would be pushing it at a university. It's easy today to get a diagnosis for something like mild ADHD whether one has it or not, and everyone is on some kind of spectrum. Legitimacy aside, classifying mild, manageable conditions as disabilities that require special accommodations and/or medication is counter-productive long-term.
25% of Americans have a disability, https://www.cdc.gov/disability-and-health/media/pdfs/disabil...
We don't know what's the percentage broken down by age.
If 38% is almost 50%, 25% is almost 38%.