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BocaHoo91

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Fine. 1 in 3 kids are not on the spectrum.


Nor are only rich kids on the spectrum. The rampant abuse of accommodations is my complaint. Not an autistic kid getting extra time.

Even with that, I still come down mostly to having an objective standard. If a kid has a physical disability we don’t time them running 80m and record it as a 100m time. We recognize they have a physical disability that makes it harder for them to run as fast of a time in the 100m. When you have different rules for different people, and the process for getting favorable treatment is so loose, it makes the potential for abuse very high (as we’re witnessing) and makes it impossible (or unfair) to compare scores between kids that are held to different rules and standards.

(In response to this post by HowieT3)

Posted: 05/21/2019 at 3:23PM



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