>We do not need a disability based critique of IQ tests. They are clearly
>based on middle class, white, Western, male values. There is sufficient
>literature for us not to bother to do it, but it would make a great
>dissertation.....David
Given the fact that thousands of promising young adults with disabilities
(such as myself) have been systematically screened out of several
professions (law, medicine, etc) because we were unfairly denied
accommodations for standardized "IQ" exams (like the LSAT, MCAT, etc), I
think the need for a disability based critique is quite apparent. Anyone
who would say otherwise has obviously not experienced this kind of
discrimination first hand.
Not only are these exams inherently discriminatory in their design,
discrimination also exists in the implementation phase (in deciding who
gets to take the exams in the first place).
Sarah
PhD Student, Disability Studies
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
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