A lawsuit pitting a St. Louis woman against the national organization that handles law school admission tests boils down to 54 minutes. That’s the amount of extra time the recent graduate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis says she needs in order to be judged fairly by the test, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday […]
There are important legal and scientific/medical concerns and suggested criteria, including that Dyslexia should be represented as a specific disorder. A joint response by legal experts: Ruth Colker, the Distinguished University Professor, Heck-Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Moritz College of Law, the Ohio State University; Jo Anne Simon, nationally recognized expert on disability law; […]
NEW YORK, Dec 1 – A woman who was granted extra time to take the law-school entrance exam in 1992 after she sustained a gunshot wound is suing exam administrators for refusing to give her another extension — this time to accommodate a cognitive disability — when she re-takes the exam this week. Lisa Rousso […]
December 31st, 2010 – www.ncld.org – The updated regulations that govern the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act will become effective in March 2011. Significant changes are included in these regulations and they are likely to have a significant (and positive) impact on those with learning disabilities (LD). This podcast features a conversation with attorney […]
Extra time. More breaks. A small, quiet room. Seeking such accommodations on entrance exams can be a journey of angst for students with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A new set of federal regulations, published in September and effective in March, could smooth the path. In theory, says Jo Anne Simon, a New York […]
