Test-taking accommodation and breast-feeding

[petmoosie]

Sophie Currier is currently on top of the lawsuit involving the National Board of Medical Examiners. She is a mother of a four-month-old (and a toddler) and is taking the Boards to be licensed as a doctor.

The "blogosphere" is not commenting much on the case and Dahlia Lithwick of Slate(among others) is wondering why.

I think (and I have no expertise in special education) that the time and a half (or double time) for ADHD is not the right accommodation. For breast-feeding, I think the right accommodation is dividing the test over two days, so that the breastfeeding mother is not taking a test for more than 4 hours at a time, and no more than 6 hours on any day. That is what I would have preferred if it was me.

Comments

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the blogosphere is but I've read 2-3 different mentions of this case. Though I hadn't heard the info that she already had twice the time for the exam because of ADHD.

It seems to be taking off now

[petmoosie.livejournal.com]

I heard a lot of mentions of the original case (around 10 in the first two days). The appeal verdict only got two or three mentions in the first two days, but seems to be ramping up now. I think it just took longer to formulate an opinion about the appeal than about the original case, maybe.