[blindlaw] Timing of Exams

[Aimee Harwood]

Hello Sai,

That does not suffice in their opinion.

Aimee

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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:44 PM, 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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