“Would-be California medical students with learning disabilities filed a discrimination suit Monday saying their prospects of becoming doctors are being thwarted because they aren’t given enough time on the medical school entrance exam.” Disability Rights Advocates in Oakland is backing the suit, which demands extra time and a distraction-free setting. (Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Jul. 20). For more on the war on entrance exams and other educational admission standards, see Nov. 13 and links from there. More: RightRainbow. (& letter to the editor, Jul. 26)
“Aspiring doctors with learning disabilities file bias suit”
“Would-be California medical students with learning disabilities filed a discrimination suit Monday saying their prospects of becoming doctors are being thwarted because they aren’t given enough time on the medical school entrance exam.” Disability Rights Advocates in Oakland is backing the suit, which demands extra time and a distraction-free setting. (Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, […]
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Could You Repeat the Question?
Disabled high school students in Alaska will gain broad accommodations, including the use of dictionaries and computerized spell-checkers, on the state’s standardized mandatory graduation exam under a legal settlement announced yesterday.