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To: nmh

>>According to Professor Elliott, dyslexic university students are gaining an unfair advantage by getting extra time for their studies and many are getting diagnosed simply to get up to £10,000 worth of equipment including laptops and extra books.

University lecturers have complained about students “milking the system” by pretending they have the condition.<<

It is possible that the diagnosis is sometimes misused but that does not, by itself, mean that it is always misused.


94 posted on 05/29/2007 6:23:51 AM PDT by gondramB (No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil)
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To: gondramB

NO, being unfocused is nothing new.

It’s just another drain on taxpayers. Patience and prompting cure that ... .


142 posted on 05/29/2007 10:17:29 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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