My child is a junior in high school. He is very interested in SIMR, Stanford Institute of Medicine Summer Research Program.
While reading through the Mission Statement, which I pasted below, I thought of a question about the student with disabilities that they encourage to apply. Would students with a learning disability such as ADHD be considered an individual with disabilities? My child is doing reasonably well at school and with his extracurricular activities. However, he does have to put in a lot more effort than students without disabilities.
"An important goal of SIMR is to select a class of students whose individual and collective education will benefit from a diverse student body, broadly defined. Although any student is welcome to apply, SIMR will focus on creating opportunities for local Northern California students. We especially encourage students to apply who are from groups that are under-represented in the United States biomedical research workforce, including (but not limited to) students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, students who will be first generation college students, ethnic minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities. "