@romanigypsyeyes Good for you for providing accommodations even if they do not have paperwork. I also do that if a student requests it and their first exam results were iffy, and they are showing effort. Many of these students had IEP in k12, but did not process their paperwork for college. These are usually first gen students.
So-called liberal academia has a definite lack of understanding against people with different learning styles, and an implicit prejudice against students who are first gen , nontraditional, etc. I will note that administrators tend to be more understanding than faculty.