<p>Anyone on here have ADD or some comparable mental disorder like dyslexia? Because if you are, and if you can prove it, the CollegeBoard will give you 50% more time. It's incredibly useful and a great way to boost your score, if you qualify. I'll post more about how to do it if I get some response.</p>
<p>I DONT WANT TO TAKE THE TEST FOR 6 HOURS!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>poor people with ADD get more hell than we do.</p>
<p>no, more like more money since time = money.</p>
<p>But more time=more score=more money in merit scholarships=less money out of pocket for college.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that this is untrue...that ADD students get more time...I may be wrong.</p>
<p>they do get more time
so do the people who break their arm or something of that sort</p>
<p>that's pretty ridiculous considering all you have to do in order to be diagnosed with ADD is go to a doctor and say you have trouble concentrating in school.</p>
<p>You are correct in saying that all you really have to do to be diagnosed with ADD is to go to a doctor and tell him about concentration problems, but to get extra time on the SAT, you have to wade through quite a bit more red tape.</p>
<p>If it's so easy to fake ADHD, and get 50% more time if you have it, why aren't all you guys faking it???</p>
<p>Maybe you have some other sort of mental defect.</p>
<p>P.S. "A-D-D" is not a word. It is called an acronym. But I can understand that some things escape the mentally challenged, and I forgive you.</p>
<p>No, it's that we have respect for ourselves and don't have to cheat, and yet we still do better than you.</p>
<p>I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, Stewie. When I said, "fake words like A.D.D.", I meant fake words like attention-defecit disorder, thinking you would understand that and being sarcastic,of course. I know ADD is a real word. I only meant that it's "fake" in a sense because of people like you who, not only fake the disorder, but encourage others to do so as well (as we can see by your first post).</p>
<p>There is actual no physical proof that ADD or ADHD are actually disorders. There is no physical damage to the brain when someone is diagnosed with these "disorders" as there is with other brain disorders like parknisons or whatever. The US consumes over 90% of the drugs used to treat ADD and yet, you supposedly need it. What about the rest of the world that can't get by without it. If you stick a 7 year old kid with ADD in front of a tv, see how fast they lose attention. Like I said, there is no conclusive evidence that ADD is even a physical disorder.</p>
<p>ADD medication can be compared to low dosages of horse tranquilizers. That's why they can focus, because they are on a temporary high. Or actually a downing in that case.</p>
<p>Gospy, where did you read this stuff? I believe you about the horse tranquilizer thing, but where are you getting this view?</p>
<p>Various readings. I have got into a fight about this at least on two other occasions. I read a lot. I am not exactly sure where I found those figures, but it is factual. Like I said, there is no tangible, physical proof of the existence of ADD as a disorder. I would say it is used as a scapegoat for lack of attention. It is just a way for drug companies to make money. If that wasn't true they wouldn't divert the vast majority of their supplies to the US.</p>
<p>Well, I will admit that the drug companies do make a lot of money off of them. They are drugs that people will take daily all their lives, and therefore the demand is great. But the demand is great because the drugs are great! They work. They made an enormous impact in my life and without them I wouldn't have a prayer of performing well in school and reaching my potential. This I know.</p>
<p>Gospy says things like, "There is actual no physical proof that ADD or ADHD are actually disorders" citing authoritative sources like "various readings". I suppose we could all believe that Gospy's various readings are a better source than the American Medical Association, but then we would be equally ignorant.</p>
<p>And to defend Stewie, I defy blackbelt to show how the first post indicates a) Stewie is faking it or b) Stewie is encouraging others to fake it.</p>
<p>Stewie was trying to be gracious and provide valuable information to those who might qualify for an accomodation plan. The fact that these plans exist at all is clear support for the accepted position that these disorders are real - or is the College Board in on the conspiracy too? His rude treatment here is indicative of a level of ignorance which I would not expect in such a forum.</p>
<p>I heard Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen took the test with more time because she had ADD.</p>
<p>"In 1998 at the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference on ADHD The NIH issued the following statement regarding ADHD: "We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there is no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction"</p>
<p>"There are absolutely no positive long-term effects of these medications on learning, academic standards, performances, and social behavior."</p>
<p>"Ritalin is one of the top ten abused prescription drugs on the streets today. This is an American epidemic. We consume 90 % of the global production of methylphenidate."</p>
<p>"About seven million children in this country are treated with addictive, dangerous, and potentially deadly drugs without demonstration of abnormality of disease."</p>
<p>Instead of attacking me and calling me a moron, just prove me wrong.</p>
<p>First, I did not call you a moron. I called you ignorant. As you know, moron reflects your mental capacity which I cannot judge; ignorance is the absence of knowledge, which is evident.</p>
<p>I'd be more than happy to prove you wrong if you would give me the cites to your quotes. They are conspicuous by their absence.</p>
<p>Here is a link to an explanation of ADHD as written by the National Institute for Mental Health which is the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders.</p>
<p>There is an authoritative cite. I look forward to getting yours (please no secondary or tertiary sources).</p>