Thank you, jeffro. You have put your finger right on it. They were very emphatic that they did not want to take in candidates who might not success because, exactly as you explained above, they do get penalized in terms of funding, if candidates fail. They were very clear that they would not wait around for potential participants who were slow on getting all the paperwork in order. This, they said, would be an indication that those participants would not put forth the needed effort to succeed.

I complied thoroughly and promptly with everything asked of me. There was no lack of effort/compliance on my part.

I do understand they are trying to make their stats come out well. However, I would think that there are limits to what they can ethically do to try and insure that. Obviously, they think they are within those limits. I don't think they are.

What if my disability were a low IQ? Does that leave them free to say, "Well, we are interested in trying to place and train people who have cognitive deficits, but we're not going to work with you, if you strike us as being a little too stupid." Hey - maybe that is okay for them to do. Maybe that's a good analogy. Maybe, I'm all wrong.