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They're quite obviously not.

They're lying so they can get unlimited time on the test and/or look at their phone.

They're smart kids that see a loophole in the system. They will take advantage!

>>cynica+(OP)
Right. What I'm saying is that we've probably screwed up by creating a system that incentivizes people to "be disabled" even if they really are stretching the definition of disabled

>>cynica+(OP)
You clearly know nothing about how these accommodations are handled.

>>bluefi+D
I hope you realize that the students don’t think of themselves as “disabled” in the disparaging way you mean it. I have ADHD and I’m color blind. Both conditions make me “disabled” in some sense, and yet I went to college and have managed to have a job my whole adult life. Being “disabled” doesn’t mean “useless” or “incapable of doing anything” as you seem to imply.

>>cynica+(OP)
> They're smart kids that see a loophole in the system. They will take advantage!

This is just not an acceptable cultural viewpoint. Abusing a permissive system must be discouraged.

>>acedTr+o3
> Abusing a permissive system must be discouraged.

Fine. Where are the doctors? Why is the debate on the students?

>>acedTr+o3
That's how most of the people in the world are, including the dearest friends and family. Most people's only motivation in life is to find a loophole to abuse. They will even convince themselves they are something they're not to achieve it.

God have mercy on us.

>>skywho+b2
Can you clarify? I heard about the test time thing from students. That corroborates the parent comment.

>>rovr13+F7
Both are culpable.

>>lostms+F9
Should we not bring up to doctors our issues or worries?

>>acedTr+o3
Agreed. You have to really narrow the definition of "disabled"

Of course, anyone who fears falling outside the definition would fight that vehemently

>>skywho+D2
I don't think you understand my position and you're certainly reading tone I didn't intend into my words

I am nearsighted, I am ADHD, I am hearing impaired in one ear, I am celiac. All of these are lifetime conditions that are not going anywhere

If glasses didn't exist, I would certainly be disabled. But let's be real, no one considers glasses a disability, even though glasses are just as important to a vision impaired person as a wheelchair is to a walking impaired person

>>rovr13+dX
This question lacks nuance. Where do you draw the line? I'd draw one at suicide thoughts that you can't stop on your own and before seriously considering using any kind of psychoactive drugs for self-medication. Anything else IMO needs about as much medical intervention as a low fever case of common cold.

Oh, and once these two lines are back at comfortable distance you stop.