tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post1425853075445238506..comments2024-01-29T09:52:55.934-05:00Comments on The ADHD Blog: Discrimination in the Ivory TowerThe ADHD Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283319351468904913noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-58499397984201436042012-11-17T14:15:59.690-05:002012-11-17T14:15:59.690-05:00Hi Ruth,
Healthline recently finished putting tog...Hi Ruth,<br /><br />Healthline recently finished putting together a collection of the best online ADHD videos. You can find it a: http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/best-videos-adhd<br /><br />We encourage you to share the list with friends, followers, and subscribers. <br /><br />Thank you in advance for your consideration. <br /><br />Warm Regards, <br />Tracytracy.rose@healthline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-68446438938440107352012-09-11T15:04:20.005-05:002012-09-11T15:04:20.005-05:00Hi Ruth,
Healthline recently finished researching...Hi Ruth,<br /><br />Healthline recently finished researching the best Apps for ADHD patients and we were wondering if you would consider sharing the link with your network of followers. You can find the complete list at: http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/top-adhd-android-iphone-apps<br /><br />Thank you in advance for your consideration.<br /><br />Warm Regards,<br />Tracytracy.rose@healthline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-15076986948196683022012-05-25T07:20:52.598-05:002012-05-25T07:20:52.598-05:00Hi Ruth,
Healthline editors recently published th...Hi Ruth,<br /><br />Healthline editors recently published the final list of their favorite ADHD blogs and The CHADD Leadership Blog made the list. You can find the complete list at: http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/best-adhd-blogs (in no particular order). We encourage you to share your status as one of the best blogs on the web with your friends, family, & followers.<br /><br />We also created a set of badges you can easily embed on your site & anywhere else you see fit:<br /><br />http://www.healthline.com/health/adhd-badges<br /><br />Please let me know if you have any questions.<br /><br />Congrats & continue the great work!<br /><br />Warm Regards,<br />Tracytracy.rose@healthline.comhttp://www.healthline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-34914432334020445092012-04-27T09:57:35.057-05:002012-04-27T09:57:35.057-05:00I am an adult law student who has been officially ...I am an adult law student who has been officially diagnosed (expensive test) with ADD. I took the LSAT regularly. Was it harder for me? Better believe it, sometimes I had to re-read questions MULTIPLE times before I actually comprehended what it said. If you can't take the test regularly and score well because of ADD/ADHD, you shouldn't go to law school...something the LSAC obviously agrees with. <br /><br />Giving extra time to people with ADD/ADHD will get people into law school that don't deserve to be, the whole POINT of the test is thinking fast, that's why the LSAC isn't going to change it's policy.<br /><br />Is the judge going to amend the Federal Civil Procedure rules and give you extra time to get your brief in? Not a chance in hell. Is your boss going give you an extra half week for your office memo? Hell no! Life isn't going to accommodate for you, neither should the LSAC. It would be setting people up for epic failure. My opinions are restricted to ADD/ADHD by the way.<br /><br />roots311@gmail.com - If you want to argue about this. Please don't bother though if you don't know how the LSAT works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-52393745754843311352012-04-27T07:54:12.954-05:002012-04-27T07:54:12.954-05:00I agree, reasonable accommodations are due to peop...I agree, reasonable accommodations are due to people with ADHD. But I have a few issues with what you said as well. <br /><br />1. The LSAC requirements for proving existence and <i>persistence</i> of ADHD are not as unreasonable as you present them. ADHD persists, according to one study, in about 60 percent of people diagnosed with it as children (though it's important to remember that it only affects a small percentage of children to begin with). This means 40 percent of young people will no longer meet the requirements for diagnosis by adulthood. Requiring a recent test to confirm that the disorder has persisted, and requiring some paperwork to prove <i>proper</i> diagnosis of the disorder to begin with seems perfectly fair. We don't want people who no longer have the disorder claiming that they do and benefiting from it. This is unfair to all test-takers, and I believe it is offensive to people who legitimately live with ADHD. <br /><br />2. If, in certain cases, medication compensates for or eliminates symptoms and disadvantages that the test taker would otherwise suffer, then additional time becomes an advantage for that person. Although not all instances of ADHD are effectively treated by medication, some are. To be truly non-discriminatory, the LSAC would need a way to determine to what extent a particular person's performance is impacted by the combination of this disorder and effective treatment of it, in order to give them an appropriate amount of additional time. Otherwise, it seems we're overcompensating and putting others at a relative disadvantage. <br /><br />3. The LSAC, from a statistical perspective, is perfectly justified in flagging these scores taken under modified conditions. To give a proper image of how ADHD diagnosed people perform on tests, they would need a curve for people who took the test under modified conditions, and they'd need to reconcile it with those of regular test-takers (in other words, an adjusted curve that is normalized). Do sufficient samples exist to make this a reality? At any rate, the reality is that the scores do not fit into the LSAC's statistical model at this time. <br /><br />I believe we want to strive for a true, meritocratic system. Clearly, the LSAC needs to improve the way they handle disabilities, and could do with a dose of transparency and feedback for test takers. On the other hand, the LSAC must be vigilant and strive to balance the unique needs of those who suffer from disabilities with the needs of those who do not.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-2420571197879005222012-04-26T23:27:56.898-05:002012-04-26T23:27:56.898-05:00People with cognitive or other executive disabilit...People with cognitive or other executive disabilities should be subject to the same requirements as anyone else. If you have a lawyer rushing the deadline on your case, how do you think that disability is going to affect their performance? Accommodating a cognitive disability defeats the purpose of standardized testing- that is, to create an intellectual hierarchy. Life is not fair. There will be winners and losers. A person's ability to perform within a time limit should be objective and not subject to special exemptions for cognitive disabilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-42264875069725662812012-04-26T22:12:23.434-05:002012-04-26T22:12:23.434-05:00As a law student that has been diagnosed with ADHD...As a law student that has been diagnosed with ADHD I am insulted by your premise that we are a disabled group that needs help.<br /><br />First, there are substantial scholarly criticisms as to its over-diagnosis. Any person smart enough to consider law school is smart enough to go to Wikipedia, learn the symptoms of ADHD, get a fake diagnosis, and PRESTO they now have an edge on all their peers who are playing by the rules. Oh, this doesn't happen you say? You are obviously way too old to know that any kid knows half a dozen people in their school who fake the disorder to get a fake prescription so that they can sell the pills. Yes, this happens. Sorry to ruin your naive sense of the world. <br /><br />Second, Lawyers are bound by ethical standards not to overbill their clients. I am positive that a client will not accept being billed double time in order to accommodate the needs of someone that is not able to perform the same as their peers. A court sure as heck will not coddle people with ADHD who fails to meet a filing deadline because they get distracted and need special help.<br /><br />I refuse to accept special accommodations as avoidance of a problem is no way to deal with it. I live my life the way everybody else does, and despite your labeling me as "disabled" I did just fine on my LSAT without special accommodations, and am doing just fine in Law School without special accommodations.<br /><br />Kindly keep your laws to yourself, us needy and "disabled" students are doing just fine without you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-90500591675499736042012-04-26T21:48:49.745-05:002012-04-26T21:48:49.745-05:00This does not account for whether medication adequ...This does not account for whether medication adequately compensates already. If drugs already raise ones level of ability to the standard or above, then giving more time is indeed unfair. This is exacerbated by the fact that most drugs prescribed for the treatment of ADD also increase the testing abilities of those who do not have the condition. Adderall is presently a black market commodity in most schools. <br /><br />Perhaps a better solution is an option. Either you take the test w/out medication and get extra time, or you take it with medication and you get the same time as everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-43936915465063730972012-04-26T16:37:00.119-05:002012-04-26T16:37:00.119-05:00Thank you for your article. Just one correction, ...Thank you for your article. Just one correction, it's the ABA Commission on Disability Right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-34654671123123131722012-04-25T10:31:42.056-05:002012-04-25T10:31:42.056-05:00Where is the federal LAWSUIT that this calls for? ...Where is the federal LAWSUIT that this calls for? It appears LSAT folk are blatantly violating ADA simply because they can and nobody is fighting them where it counts -- IN federal COURT. Why? To try and change each individual state's laws in order to gain accommodations seems bassackwards and inefficient to this non-lawyer who knows little about the legal/court route to justice in this case. So please explain why the federal courts aren't being used FIRST.Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-83310126881394901882012-04-25T07:40:04.012-05:002012-04-25T07:40:04.012-05:00Thank you for bring this issue to the forefront. I...Thank you for bring this issue to the forefront. I went through this exact struggle scored poorly several times and eventually started law school by commuting from one state to another each week. Needless to say at the end of the first semester I left and was diagnosed with ADHD. I have hopes of returning one day and with your continued efforts maybe my dream will finally come true and there will be help and hope for others. Thank you!Tonyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-11100193067993389792012-04-24T23:48:37.220-05:002012-04-24T23:48:37.220-05:00Lawyers are supposed to be creative problem solver...Lawyers are supposed to be creative problem solvers. Most people with ADHD are extremely creative problem solvers. And even for ADHD test takers with higher than average IQ, it is still very difficult to become a lawyer if you have ADHD, due to all the conventional testing barriers. I do not think anyone would disagree with me, in that the LSAT does not measure creative intelligence whatsoever. This oversight has prevented a lot of potential intelligent creative legal brains from entering the profession. That is very unfortunate. I think this quote says it in a nutshell: <br /><br />"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." ~ Albert EinsteinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-83628926049591633672012-04-24T20:58:10.372-05:002012-04-24T20:58:10.372-05:00Amen! College undergrads can get accommodations b...Amen! College undergrads can get accommodations but even then they still struggle and disability status is not considered as a mitigating factor when a student has trouble keeping up GPA and becomes academically disqualified. With budget cuts the students with ADHD and LD are being forced out as schools tighten admission and reinstatement decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-81668572804468189972012-04-24T18:32:47.126-05:002012-04-24T18:32:47.126-05:00Thank you! I'm a mom who's had a long da...Thank you! I'm a mom who's had a long day looking up information to help prepare for an upcoming IEP meeting.<br />Your article helped me to keep going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com