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Re: AAMC responds to MCAT court decision From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Mon Nov 6 06:02:19 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Laure: "Re: IMPLANON" Previous message: n.mallah caroline: "Re: Suturing question" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "AAMC responds to MCAT court decision" Great ... folks with ADD MUST get to med school ... and here I thought docs don't pay attention to their patients as it is. Is anyone else out there outraged by Judges legislating from the bench? Art At Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Dean Huffman . wrote: > >.. > >AAMC responds to MCAT court decision > >On Nov. 2, the California Superior Court ruled that California state laws can be >used to determine whether individuals with learning disabilities or attention >deficit disorders are entitled to extra testing time on the Medical College >Admission Test (MCAT). The AAMC disagrees with the Court's decision in this >case, Andres Turner et al. v. Association of American Medical Colleges. The >AAMC believes that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides an >appropriate national standard for evaluating accommodation requests on national >tests such as the MCAT examination; California law, in contrast, defines >"disabled" much more broadly. Because of its belief that it is appropriate to >apply a single, fair national standard when evaluating requests for extra >testing time and other accommodations on the MCAT, the AAMC intends to appeal >the decision. > >Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2006/061103.htm -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Laure: "Re: IMPLANON" Previous message: n.mallah caroline: "Re: Suturing question" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "AAMC responds to MCAT court decision"

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