[w00dyallen]

I’ve been diagnosed with ADD since high-school, and would qualify under the Americans With Disabilities Act to have the length of time I have to take the test extended.

However, when I looked over the paperwork my doctor and I were required to submit, I was intimidated and decided against going that route.

THEN, I took the REG portion of the CPA exam and ran out of time during the sims. It made me think that maybe I should look into taking advantage of the ADA. But at the same time, it’s been 11 years since I was diagnosed and I’ve switched doctor’s several times (college, moving, etc) and I don’t know if I can get all the copies of the information they need. (Also, I don’t think I took any standardized-test to diagnose it, it was just a few interviews with a psychiatrist).

So has anyone else gone through the paperwork to get any special accommodations?? And if so, did it even help??

[Herbieherb]

So maybe everyone who ran out of time during the cpa exam or have problem focusing while studying should go see a doctor right away!?

NEW YORK- DONE

[Anonymous]

without tryng to incite woody to get all defensive and accuse us of not being sensitive to his loophole search, here is what he posted on the other thread:

@ pshustler

I just took the REG portion today.

Without giving away any details, I found the MCQ to be about what I expected. And I feel very confident on how I did on them. HOWEVER……. the sims leave a lot to be desired.

The best advice I can give anyone (regardless of Wiley, Becker, etc) is to give yourself AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE to complete the simulations. Don't waste your time checking your answers to the MCQ's. You will need to use that time in the sims.

It's not that I think the sims are too hard…… but the level of detail they go into is unprecedented. All the info you need is at your finger tips, but trying to find something in the IRC or setting up a spreadsheet in that shitty spreadsheet program they give you will take forever.

Good luck!!! But, if you budget your time correctly, you won't even need it!!!

Now, A REASONABLE PERSON (he hates when i say that) would conclude from that thread and this thread that he had no trouble concentrating on the MCQ's and even the sims (he didnt find them to be too overwheming, he just wished he had more time to research the IRC, etc). it seems his trouble was not that he had problems concentrating, he merely ran out of time, an observation that 75% of the people who have taken reg on this forum say. i doubt 75% of the people here have ADD, so you would think running out of time is normal.

before you get all angry and defensive mr. allen, please note my prior posts where i say that if one can find a loophole, thats awesome, and i say more power to you, but don't insist that thats not whats happening, if extra time on tests was crucial to you, this would have been most likely documented and used in the several tests required for you to get t o this point (sats, college exams etc). ive said from the start, if y ou can get an edge with this exam, go for it! but im not in the market for swamp land, so stop trying to sell it. but thats my final comment on the matter, my study of corporate basis is more important than bickering on this.

[Anonymous]

By the way, Last_First, its drust, not durst. common mistake. you more than likely saw the name and took a leap onto the conclusion mat?

[w00dyallen]

Who said I was angry or upset?

The only reason I started this thread was to see if anyone had gone through all the paperwork to get any special accommodations.

And I'm not even the one bickering, I dropped this subject last night. It's YOU TWO who keep bumping this thread to keep it alive.

https://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/6/7/67c6b_ORIG-I_Ain_t_Even_Mad.jpg

^^^^^^^^^^^^ Link related — It's me

[Last_First_MI]

Sorry Drust must have been my dyslexia kicking in I might need accommodations to be able to post on the forums.

[jeff]

I think we all need to hug it out.

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

I actually quite liked his second link!

[Anonymous]

@w00dyallen, I was diagnosed 20 years ago with ADHD and have been on medicine ever since so when I started thinking about taking the exam, I looked into ADA accommodations and based on what I read I felt like it was way too much of a hassle to prove to AICPA that I indeed have ADHD and need accommodations. I used every bit of my time on each exam except for AUD the first time around. The first time I took AUD, I took my medicine a little too early so by the time I got into the exam center and was about an hour into the exam, I lost focus. I mean, it was freaking ridiculous how hyper I was. I was swaying my chair back and forth and tapping my feet like a child. I feel bad for other testers who found me to be distracting as well. At one point I did consider taking a break and running the stairs to get rid of some of the energy but didn't out of fear I'd run out of time. Moral of the story is, try for ADA accommodations if you feel you need it and good luck with all the red tape, and I suggest NOT skipping your medicine the day of the exam unless you want to have an experience similar or worst than mine. Also, if it makes you feel better, I ran out of time on FAR and didn't finish all the sims and yet still passed. On Reg I think I was able to do all the tabs (or guess on them), but I had to rush through my written communications. My fingers are crossed for you that you knocked REG out of the park and please keep us posted on your results and whether or not you pursue the ADA route. 🙂

[Author]

Replies