[blindlaw] Timing of Exams

[Sai]

Isn't "I want to have as much time to study as everyone else" a good
enough reason?

- Sai

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Jim McCarthy via BlindLaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I think the issue becomes what is the disability-related reason that you
> request the earlier exam? It seems possible to me that law students may
> check in electronically and check out the same way when finished. If you
> need to pick up the exam from a staff person and return it to a staffer, One
> argument seems to be that if you get double time on an exam that starts at
> 6:00 pm and normal is 3 hours, you get 6, which means that you turn the exam
> in at midnight. Otherwise, it probably has to be some kind of fatigue
> argument connecting to blindness and or other documented disabilities.
> Jim McCarthy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee
> Harwood via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 2:07 PM
> To: BlindLaw
> Cc: Aimee Harwood
> Subject: [blindlaw] Timing of Exams
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a question regarding exams. Are universities allowed to schedule an
> accommodated exam earlier than the rest of the class? One of my exams is a
> night class. The rest of the class will take their exam at 6:00 PM. Over the
> summer, I also took an evening class and the exam started at 6:00 PM as
> well. I was given the option to take the exam early or the following
> business day. I chose the following business day. I requested the same for
> this exam and was denied. The reason given was that they do not remember why
> they gave those options for that particular exam and that it did not apply
> to any other exam.
>
> Aimee
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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