<p>I am a college student who was recently diagnosed with ADHD Inattentive Type. I have also recently registered with my University's disability center for benefits such as note taking, etc. I was wonder how to approach getting a course substitution for my foreign language requirement. I know that it is possible to get these courses substituted because of my disability. I was just wondering which is the best way to approach getting out of this requirement. Any input will help.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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<p>You need to go back to your disability center, and talk with them about this issue. Dyslexia is a much more common reason to request a waiver for a foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>My sense is that unless a student has an LD that specifically goes to his or her ability to learn a foreign language, having a college foreign language requirement waived might be a non-starter. </p>
<p>If the person who did your psycho-educational testing and diagnosed you with ADHD found some aspect of your profile demonstrating that you had a deficit that could not be overcome with respect to learning a language, you need to get that in writing along with the tester’s recommendation that the college’s language requirement should be waived for you. Otherwise, what might be more likely to happen, would be that you would receive some sort of accommodations that would assist you in learning the language. </p>
<p>If you could help us to understand the specific ways that your LD prevents you from meeting the language requirement, it would be easier to help you come up with a plan to approach your disabilities office with your request. What happened when you took language courses in high school?</p>
<p>If a student has a dx for a math LD, is it possible to have the math requirement waived? My college allowed me to substitute courses in Logic and History of Mathematics for my math requirement.</p>
<p>why is that you feel you cannot fill this requirement? this is an important thing to be able to explain to people at the ds office. they will need to know why you cannot do it. i have heard that it is hard to get classes waived and some schools don’t even let anyone do it. have a back up plan. Maybe that quarter you could take less credit hours or ask them to recommend classes that wouldn’t be very difficult so you could focus a lot of time on that class. also, they may know a specific professor or language that would be good to take. also, ask about free tutoring. my ds office offers 4 hours of free tutoring a week for each class you take. maybe they could assist you in creating a schedule that would not be too demanding and in finding a good tutor to work with. they may also have certain software or resources that would help with learning a language. like i use a program called kurzweil for my text book reading. it has the page of the book on the screen of your computer and both highlights the sentence and then in green the word and you pick the spend. it also reads it outload while it high lights. it helps me focus on my reading a lot. this may help if you have a lot of reading for the class. also, talk to the professor. let them know and utilize their office hours for extra assistance. can you take sign language? at my school you can take it for some language requirements and a lot of people find it easier and fun. also, with some study abroad options you can get a whole quarter or semester credit by just going to another country for a 2 week study abroad program.</p>