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Your Rights and Responsibilities as an Adult with LD
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By NCLD Editorial Staff
Published: February 26 2009

If you have current documentation of your learning disability, you likely have the right to:


  • Participate in educational programs without discrimination.
  • Receive reasonable accommodations in courses and examinations.
  • Receive reasonable accommodations in the workplace (required if there are fifteen or more employees).

 

However, there are responsibilities that go along with these rights. If you wish to receive the accommodations that you're entitled to under the law, you must:

 

  • Identify yourself as a person with a learning disability. This can be done in a confidential meeting with your employer or with the disabilities services coordinator at your school.
  • Provide documentation concerning your learning disability and your need for accommodations. This can simply be a letter or a report from the professional who evaluated you. It should state how your learning disability affects your performance and recommend reasonable accommodations. If requested, be prepared to share further information such as the methods used in the diagnostic process, including names of the tests given to you


Don't wait for the last minute! Request specific accommodations in a timely manner.

 

 

 

 


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2 Comments

  1. i want to go on to more nurseing because thats what i like to do help people that are sick

    Posted by: tammy guest on Tuesday, 06 December 2011

  2. Your Rights and Responsibilities as an Adult with LD
    I work in "cubicle-land" in state government, a couple of the cubicles have windows, but are empty. (and not likely to be filled) Because of a traumatic-brain-injury my right arm is numb, and my visual acuity varies from good to not-so-good. I have asked to be moved to one of the empty cubicles, so my eyes can better utilize the natural lighting and I can use the additional space to accommodate my right-arm which is very difficult to use with papers. My TBI was work related (this job) and covered by workers compensation, but workers compensation has washed their hands of me. My employer has not responded to my request to move 15 feet to the empty cubicle with a window. What rights do I have to request accomodations?

    Posted by: Dale Gruis on Friday, 09 July 2010

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