[blindlaw] LSAT

[Tom Ladis]

Hello all.  Yes, they have been in trouble with accommodation issues and 
need to step into the twenty-first century.  Computers are cheap now and 
they should make the testing environment reflect current standard and 
adaptive technologies for everyone.

Tom .

----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT


> Good evening Tom and list.
> Perhaps the law school testing agencies need to be instructed on the 
> recent court case against the Cal state board of bar examiners. If they 
> are smart, they will read the hand writing on the wall.
> best regards
> Rob Tabor
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Ladis" <tom at tomladis.com>
> To: <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>; "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" 
> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT
>
>
>> Thank you.  LSAC makes getting appropriate accommodations very hard.  I 
>> have heard stories similar to yours, and was told by a contact at LSAC to 
>> state exactly what I want because if it is not listed I will definitely 
>> not get it.  They were also not willing to discuss computer based testing 
>> and what might be appropriate for blind test takers.  Some people have 
>> suggested that I ask for the test in an electronic format in addition to 
>> double time, more breaks, and Word to take notes for the Logic Games. 
>> This may cause the need to appeal, but may get things that should be 
>> available to everybody.  It doesn't seem right that every blind person 
>> trying to take the test should go through these same hoops, over and over 
>> again.  It also doesn't seem like a level playing field when blind people 
>> need to take the test in a manner that introduces an additional 
>> distraction and more stress.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cathryn Bonnette" <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:42 AM
>> Subject: [blindlaw] LSAT
>>
>>
>>> In response to Tom-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't believe the LSAT takers are permitted to use JAWS. The answer 
>>> sheet
>>> needs to be completed by a scribe to fill in the computerized form 
>>> properly.
>>> When I took the test, the person who read questions to me filled in the 
>>> form
>>> also. There was no other interaction during the test except for reading 
>>> the
>>> questions out loud.   Regulations were extremely rigid.  For example, I 
>>> was
>>> granted double time due to disability, but I forgot to request extra 
>>> breaks
>>> due to extended hours of examination, and thus breaks were denied by the
>>> testing service! Unless they have drastically changed their approach, 
>>> you
>>> will get farther in demanding a qualified reader for the exam.  My 
>>> reader
>>> was a practicing attorney, competent to handle the material.
>>>
>>> Perhaps others have had different experiences, but that was mine. Feel 
>>> free
>>> to contact me off list if you wish.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cathryn
>>>
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