Employment Testing of Persons with Diasabling Conditions - IPAC

dealing with information and data which are different from, but aB effective
as, the methods developed by sighted persons. When the individual would in
practice use a totally different process or procedure, to 'acconmodate' a
visually oriented procedure is just not appropriate.
Our recommendation in situations like this is to waive that part of the
test, and to rely on the probationary period for evaluation. This is not a
solution that we like — and it is a solution that has been attacked by the
National Federation for the Blind — but we do not see a viable alternative.
This solution is used largely in those testing situations where highly speeded
materials are used to evaluate basic abilities such as perceptual speed and
accuracy.
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