This made me smile ! <| sep |> Hahahahaha ha ha . Good post <| sep |> That was exactly what I was thinking . He stole that shit straight from the Docs playbook . Pathetic <| sep |> Didn ' t this happen where a village won some big lottery and there was one person who didn ' t play and was excluded from the winnings ? ? p e r s o n e v e r e n t i r e t o w n w inslotteryexceptforoneman <| sep |> For some context , I have depression that cycles into extremes , occasionally into psychosis , causing extreme difficulty in concentrating when around others , and panic attacks when under even slight pressure . With my advice , obviously all universities work slightly differently , but I think most of this will apply to most universities . I got some accommodations called an LAP here put into place at my university for tests and exams after feeling completely burnt out from my first semester . The LAP awards me extra time for testsexams , in a separate room , with break time if I want , and none of my exams can be on consecutive days . The help I ' m given matches pretty well with what I need , but even just knowing that I have extra time ' buffer ' time helps to keep me calm before an exam . There are most certainly other accommodations that you could get , but you ' d have to ask your specific advisor for those . No one not even teaching staff automatically knows about my LAP aside from myself and the disability services , and it does not go on any accessible record , so an employer would never know . It also doesn ' t say what my condition is , only the accommodations I have been granted . I can choose to not act upon my LAP by not notifying the professor at the start of semester , or by notifying them , but then later asking to take tests under normal conditions . If I don ' t tell them within the first 3 weeks , then I cannot use my LAP though , so it ' s usually best to just tell them straight up . Basically , once I negate my ' contract ', I can ' t call on it later in the semester . The professors at my uni are very understanding of it all , and are happy to bend some rules as they know that I ' m dedicated to learning . I have taken some tests early when I knew I was heading into a bad episode , but would need to have supporting documentation a doctor ' s note in order to take a test late . I can ' t just say , I ' m not feeling well enough today , I have to prove it those are just the rules . Only a few of my friends know about my LAP , and they didn ' t take it well at first . Because I ' m not doing poorly in any subjects , I suppose they see it as an unfair advantage , but the point of accommodations isn ' t to help you achieve a certain grade , but to counteract your disability . I could still get a B without my LAP , but that ' s bad if I should be getting an A . Asking you to take a test under the same stressful conditions is like asking a sightimpaired student to take the normal test with the regular tiny font . You already have a disadvantage that other students don ' t have , the accommodations just level the playing field again .