[blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations?

[Angie Matney]

Good post. But if post-secondary institutions apply lower standards to
applicants with disabilities and then expect them to perform to the same
standards as others once they are admitted, we definitely have a problem.

Angie

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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:39 PM
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I must agree with Chuck in saying that we have a chicken and egg
problem.  Is the reason for the failure of blind and disabled to finish
college because they are not adequately prepared to do so or because
they do not receive sufficient accommodation and or support to do so.  I
think it is very difficult to determine so we are not really able to
pressure the colleges and universities.  Personally, I think higher ed
institutions could do better and in the blindness context, we need to do
more to assure access to the materials required for students to perform.
It is certainly difficult though to assess responsibility between the
two factors here.
Jim McCarthy

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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:22 AM
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Is the failure to graduate the students that are accepted the college's
fault or due to the lack of preparedness on the part of many disabled
students that are accepted and in actuality not ready to handle the
various demands placed on them by being in college and not being
prepared to meet the demands. While I am a strong supporter of
reasonable accommodations I believe that the students need to take some
responsibility for the completion of their course of study.
Matriculation is not automatic for disabled students or the general
college population and of course is not guaranteed upon acceptance.
Chuck
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From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations?


> They probably do that, I know that one of thee Coolge entrance exams 
> does it, but I am not sure if it is the SAT or the ACT but they inform

> the schools eactly which devices were used to take the test.  I think 
> it is both of them.  This is how colleges can know who is disabled and

> who is not without actually asking the student if they are disabled or

> not.  It is a great way to get around the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
> And this is good for colleges that do not have a high percentage of 
> students who are disabled because they will most certainly accept you 
> once they realize you are disabled, to satisfy their requirements to 
> not be considered discriminatory.  But your chances of graduating from

> that situation is not as good as a college that accepts the disabled 
> on a regular basis.  Of course state schools are more likely to handle

> the disabled with respect, since they are more in tune with the 
> consequences of discriminiation.  But if you are competing with a lot 
> of other disabled students to get into a college that is a good 
> college for the blind, then you will probably be judged on your 
> abilities based on being disabled and not the general population.  
> Because they will probably only admit a certain amount of students who

> are disabled as the disabled tend to cost the university a lot more 
> than non disabled.
>
> Since most people do not know they are doing this type of profiling, 
> they have gotten away with it since 1973.
>
> You all are lawyers, can you stop this nonsense because colleges 
> accept the blind and disabled in proportion to their numbers in the 
> population, but they don't graduate them in any proportion to the 
> numbers they accept.
>
> James Pepper
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