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Just how career-killing is ADD in education?

By Mike Ragnarok, in Law, Money, and Employment -- Send Lawyers Guns and Money

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Mike Ragnarok   

Mike Ragnarok
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I'm working on a teaching career, primary and secondary, in the USA.

I'm pretty functional now that I'm on stimulants, otherwise I'm a mess.

I'm in a program where I volunteer full time in a school as a tutor, in order to get experience to go into a residency which will get me my license. There is almost a complete masters degree worth of classes I'll be taking in the process.

I haven't disclosed to anybody in my program.

Any thoughts?

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I would only disclose to people who need to know. If your doing fine, why do you need to tell them? You could face discrimination if you do. You have a right for your medical record to be private.

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I would definitely check out disability support services to see what kind of accommodations or assistance they can provide. 

 

They will not, or rather should not because it's illegal to do so, disclose the specific nature of your impairment. However, they can help you get access to things like supplemental note takers, quiet exam rooms, and extra time on exams, etc.

 

They also might have workshops or tutors that you can access to help increase your likelihood of success.

 

Better to have accommodations and not need them, than to need them and not have them.

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