September 26, 2003

Paying Attention to Students Who Can't

Some colleges make accommodations for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; others balk

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

Sean P. Gallagher thought he had perfected the art of deception. Since his earliest days in school, he remembers lying to his parents about not having homework and, he says, "manipulating teachers" to keep them from figuring out that he wasn't doing his work.

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