alt Hacker NewsJust curious: If non-neurodivergent children are given the same accomodations (which are?) do they significantly outperform their peers too? For example: it's well known that 1-on-1 instruction time correlates to better academic outcomes.
(I'm not an educator; I have no idea.)
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I don't know about Stanford, but in earlier schooling accomodations can include things like being allowed to sit on a bouncy chair, or use a fidget toy, or type instead of hand-write (physical asynchronous development is a common issue), or wear headphones, or take more frequent breaks.
I do think that more flexibility in educational environments might be good for most people, yes.
100%, it's one of the irksome things about the education system in general - resources are limited. It's a hard problem to solve.
Similarly getting extra time on a test sure as heck would have improved my scores in many cases.