<p>I have a son who is extremely bright, but has dysgraphia and active working memory issues. He has received 50% additional time, use of computer and quiet room from the College Board. He's interested in highly selective colleges and will need similar accommodations. Could anyone provide lists of Ivys/Highly Selective LACs that are LD-friendly? Also, if you have a child at one of these institutions: (i) whether you disclosed; and (ii) any other suggestions on applying with LD child?</p>
<p>I have only a very slight knowledge in this area, but from the reading that I’ve done, MIT has lots of experience with LD disabled – the only reason I would know is that my son is on the autism spectrum, and it would seem that lots of high-functioning autistics/aspergers students who are particularly bright end up at MIT, and so that school knows how to deal with that population.</p>
<p>Other than the Ivy League, I don’t really know too many other schools, except for Carnegie Mellon, which also tends to have a high autism population and knows how to support them appropriately.</p>
<p>Brown is among the best on the east coast and the Claremont colleges (Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna et al) on the west coast. I have heard that Yale is good. My opinion is specific to dysgraphia and impaired orthographic coding (the memory thing). </p>
<p>You have to be careful with the memory issue, particularly if it impacts language requirements and even more so for math. It’s always a battle. </p>
<p>I don’t know how it’s done, but there is a way you can contact me directly. If you do so, our child has same issues and is doing well.</p>