[blindlaw] Timing of Exams

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Maybe I'm missing something.....but when I read her post, it sounds like to me she is not asking to take it early but rather the next business day.  She says "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."
I think the school is saying she has to take it early rather than the next day.  
I agree with Sal, in that, it actually puts her at a disadvantage in terms of the amount of time she has to study compared to her peers.  



-----Original Message-----
From: kelby carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Cc: kelby carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 3:52 pm
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Timing of Exams

Well, perhaps; but she's asking to take the exam earlier, not later.

On 12/7/16, Sai via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
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