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Students "faking" disability are not the problem — Crystal Lee (she/她)

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The Atlantic recently published an article about the increasing prevalence of students asking for disability accommodations like extra time on exams. While accommodations were historically supposed to help disabled students participate equitably in college, it says, wealthier students are now weaponizing disability to get ahead. What once was a tool of fairness has now warped into something that puts the entire system into question.

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