Is Everyone Disabled Now? (WSPN)
The Political Orphanage · Andrew Heaton, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Michael Ira Kaplan
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Show Notes
College students are increasingly registering as disabled–particularly at high-end universities, which often entails longer test times and extensions on papers. Does the growing rate of accommodation mean American universities are simply better at identifying disabilities; evidence of students and their families gaming the system for advantages; or a cultural shift wherein students increasingly believe they are disabled, but aren't?
Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy (a former university educator) and Michael Ira Kaplan (a parent) weigh in.