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Nike007 · May 30, 2016, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lolagrace

Adhd is accommodating probably more frequently in public schools than almost any other category. Students can qualify for special education services as OHI, for instance, in the state where I teach if the symptoms are severe or complicated by other learning disabilities. My son was served throughout his education that way. Those that don't qualify special ed can be accommodated under 504 provisions which more often where I see it.

Hello. I forgot to mention I'm in Canada. There seems to be a longer process to get stuff. There is no OHI category here in Canada. Here are the categories for an IEP in Canada:

1. Behaviour
2. Communication
• Learning Disabled
• Autistic
• Language Impairment
• Speech Impairment
• Hard of Hearing
3. Intellectual
• Gifted
• Mild Intellectual Disability
• Developmental Disability
4. Physical
• Blind-Low Vision
• Physical Disability
5. Multiple

And there is no 504 plan. Just IEP or no IEP.

But anyways, I'm just saying there is special recognition in universities (from all the sites I checked in Ontario, Canada) and this process you have to go through differently than other psychological conditions. Here in Canada, these are the eight categories recognized by universities (or at least the universities I looked into):

Acquired Brain Injury
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Blind/Visually Impaired
Chronic Medical, Physical
Deaf/deaf/Deafened/Hard of Hearing
Learning Disability
Physical Disabilities
Psychological or Psychiatric Conditions

I'm just saying there isn't anything in schools like this but in universities there is and I wonder why. Thanks for your response [emoji3].

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