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Presumably the University could do their own assessment to see what is appropriate? Not just rely on a note?

>>jimnot+(OP)
They rely on the note in order not to do their own assessment. It's outsourcing.

>>jimnot+(OP)
Admin staff or teachers of the university are not entitled to assess that.

That would mean the university hiring doctors, or at least paying a doctor to do the test.

>>jimnot+(OP)
The US is a ridiculously litigious country. It could end up being very, very expensive if they did their own assessments, even if they hired doctors to do so.

>>peterf+oP
It is more litigious than the UK, but UK universities have Special Educational Needs specialists. It would be very very unusual for a family doctor (what we would call a General Practitioner) to be willing to make a diagnosis on this, they would insist on referring you to a specialist, although in many cases that may not be a medical doctor at all. ADHD, Nuerodiversity, Dyslexia are all assessed by specialists. In all professions it is considered unethical to act outside of your area of competence...