re: 504s and IEPs are out of control these days.....

I have a kid in a 504. It allows him to type instead of hand writing stuff like reports, essays, etc.

Some teachers would refuse to make this accommodation without the 504. The amount of stuff I hand-write in the real world today is about zero outside of shopping lists.

The kid is a high-A honors student and a great kid. He just cannot do things on paper as well as he can with a keyboard.

Not every accommodation is ADHD.

Never seen so many park in handicapped zone until ACT test morning.

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Why do you care?

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A combination of issues arise from the current coddling of children.

Over-medication is not good, at all, and the overuse of ADHD medications are unhealthy.

Eventually these individuals will reach a situation where you are not afforded special treatment. They tend to not perform well and are unable to cope.

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I have a kid in a 504. It allows him to type instead of hand writing stuff like reports, essays, etc.

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Geee., this kid is so much faster than all the others, I wonder why? So let's avoid working on our weaknesses and indoctrinate ourselves further into the reliance on tech. Right down to the basics of the written word?

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Some teachers would refuse to make this accommodation without the 504.

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Well no shite, because it's not fair.

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The amount of stuff I hand-write in the real world today is about zero outside of shopping lists.

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Not relevant, and certainly not an alibi to your kid getting to unfairly type shite instead of writing it out like everyone else does.

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He just cannot do things on paper as well as he can with a keyboard.

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Well no shite, who can?

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He just cannot do things on paper as well as he can with a keyboard.

He would be able to write better if his father didn’t fold to his whims and coddle him.

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My kid performs much better if he is allowed to sit on a throne at school instead of a desk. We’re one more meeting with the district SPED team from making it happen.

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I have a kid in a 504. It allows him to type instead of hand writing stuff like reports, essays, etc.

Some teachers would refuse to make this accommodation without the 504. The amount of stuff I hand-write in the real world today is about zero outside of shopping lists.

The kid is a high-A honors student and a great kid. He just cannot do things on paper as well as he can with a keyboard.

Not every accommodation is ADHD.

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I'm so confused.

What is he diagnosed with?

Trust me, I can type a LOT faster than I can hand-write.

Note: I still hand-wrote exams in law school, but I wasn't psycho enough to hand-write my bar exam sections

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Why do you care?

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everyone should care

Honest people are getting fricked at every corner. Things like this absolutely impact college admissions, scholarships, etc

This is an example of 3rd worldification of our country

It used to be way easier but now u have to have a psycho-eval which is about 2grand out of pocket. And then the dr has to put in the diagnosis what accommodations. My kid has terrible, TERRIBLE testing anxiety so she is one of the ones that can get extra time but she has to ask for it. That kid had tutors and would know the crap up and down then would take the test and fail. Some kids actually do need it.

I mean she has gotten skills to cope with it. She rarely ever asked for it. She used it twice for ACT also for high school finals for her math and science if she felt she needed it. She is not majoring in STEM in college but graphic design. She will be just fine in life. I didn't coddle her.


I'll add she was diagnosed with ADHD years ago too but hates the way that the meds make her a shell of herself so i told her thats fine you don't want to take them but you have to learn how to focus. If that means making lists and crossing things as you go then that's fine bur you have to find something that works for you. Better to learn some life skills instead of popping a pill. She struggles for sure with somethings like organization which is prob another reason being a fine arts major will suit her better than math or science.

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I see so many new parents justifying the screens because their kids are watching “educational” programming or using educational apps. All of those things have constant changing screens and moving objects….destroying attention spans. Amongst many other things.

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I’ve mentioned it before, but it bears repeating as a warning to any new or soon to be parents here two of the worst mistakes I think my ex and I made as parents were giving the kids iPads way too early and not having them in daycare (we let my ex in-laws watch them). We found out my son was autistic after he had already gotten attached to his iPad and didn’t realize how harmful it would be to his development so now we have a 15 yo who, in many/most ways, has the mind of a toddler. It’s like his mind is trapped in a near constant state emotional imbalance and developmental delay.

Basically, garbage in, garbage out.

My daughter OTOH, is a typical 13yo girl, but between the exposure to social media and my ex being overly indulgent/unwilling to put her in her place it’s only exacerbated the normal attitude problems and inability to focus. Pretty sure my daughter has undiagnosed ADD that’s not helped by the screen time.