d. m. arney, m.a.

Ran into a teen at Borders who had to read 600 pages by next week. He’s dyslexic and it was obvious that reading was not hard, but grueling. When I inquired about the accommodations that he was receiving his mom told me that the rest of the kids had to read 800. It’s a fallacy to think that accommodation means less of the same thing. He learns differently, reading is a entirely different task for him. So shouldn’t he have a different assignment? If your legs are nearly unresponsive, no one would think that running a shorter distance was a fair and equal accommodation. Thoughts?