TRUE or FALSE?
- Learning Disabilities can develop as a result of college stress, especially for those who have been away from school for several years.
- If everyone agrees, people with Learning Disabilities might be allowed to use reasonable accommodations such as extra time on tests in community colleges and universities.
- Most students would do better if given extra time to complete tests in college.
- Nursing and other health care board exams do not allow extra time for people who have Learning Disabilities because this would be unfair to their patients in the future.
- Speaking another language before learning English can cause Learning Disabilities.
- Learning Disabilities always affect reading in one way or another.
- According to Section 504 of the National Rehabilitation Act of 1973, course standards must be eliminated for students with Learning Disabilities.
- People with Learning Disabilities always have at least average intelligence.
- Learning Disabilities is another term for mental retardation.
- People with Learning Disabilities always make excellent tutors.
- People with Learning Disabilities never make excellent tutors.
They are all FALSE! For more information go to the College Students with Learning Difficulties page.