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Article: Employment testing of persons with specific learning disabilities.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Rehabilitation
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
- Author:
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Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-36) and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act (P.L. 93-112) obligate nearly all U.S. employers to consider making test accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. Inferences about a person's ability to perform, made from a nonstandardized test administration, however, may or may not reflect an accurate appraisal of his or her abilities. An accurate appraisal of a person's ability to perform a job could result in dissatisfaction of both employee and employer. Yet, to not allow persons with a disability a test accommodation is to deny them equal opportunity to prove they are qualified for the job. ...