Will we still get accommodations?

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I don't want a cubicle I want my own quiet office.

Can I just remind everyone that the academic environment is different than the workplace. Academics is where you learn material and are expected to regurgitate that learning within very small parameters. Many people's minds don't work this way because of a difference in thinking. They can apply their knowledge on the spot in other circumstances but not in the way that the education system expects them to. When employers look at credentials, they expect your marks to reflect your knowledge more or less. How can you say that they don't know the material when they could show that they know it under some other parameters. It is not the same as the workplace! You aren't learning and being tested on what you know, only applying knowledge in those circumstances. It really irks me to see people making these comparisons!

Besides, I don't know why you would care so much about other people's accommodations if you feel like you don't need them. Feel glad that you don't!

Of course using a computer has an advantage because the computer works all the math problems and all I do is plug in numbers.

First of all, thanks for the responses.

Second, I'm applying for a quiet room and extra time. I'm asking about this because I'm concerned that if my psychologist puts "has Asperger's" on the request form that they'll deny it and say "she needs to be diagnosed with ASD level such and such (most likely 2)." That would be BAD.

Third, I think it's preposterous that asking for extra time and a quiet room is somehow "cheating the system."

I lived my whole life thinking I was stupid and lazy because I could never finish a test on time, keep up with a conversation, or do anything in time. It's called slow processing and executive dysfunction. Yes, it can happen with Asperger's.

It explains why I can skip 4 grades of math when I'm left on my own to do it, and then fail it when the teacher won't slow down to help me understand.

It explains why I can get a 3.9 in high school and still not get a comparable SAT because they put you in a room full of noisy people and give you 30 seconds for a math problem that takes you five minutes.

It explains why I can TUTOR a math class, know everything, and still take FIVE HOURS to take an online final, and end up with a meltdown.


So don't chalk it up to me abusing the system before you know why I'm asking, thanks. There are accommodations for people that NEED them, thanks. Oh, and by the way, TWO professionals agree very well that I need these accommodations. Thanks.

Oh, and I have propranolol. But because I have sensory integration issues, slow processing, and a mild speech comprehension delay, I KIND OF NEED extra time.

I would expect these kind of responses from an NT forum where people are happy to make your disability seem invalid.
Remind me not to post this kind of stuff again.

Oh, and it's illogical to think that because an accommodation will benefit someone else means that you shouldn't have it.

These accommodations might benefit everyone, but normal people can do what I struggle with just fine without accommodations. I get cut short if I don't have them.

That argument is like saying: if we put a wheelchair ramp up to a building, some people won't have to take the stairs, so it benefits more people than the disabled guy in a wheelchair. This is unfair, so we shouldn't have the ramp.

Crap.

I think there is a conservative attitude that if you ask for reasonable accommodations you are asking for special privileges.