Is it possible to fake/cheat a dyslexia test?

Question

Question in title. Apart from the obvious answer of fake your spelling

Never had a test but my friend said that they ask so many questions that it is hard to "fake" it.

Obviously people can try to fake the test for extra support whether it be laptops, extra exam time etc..

Your thoughts?

Answer 1

If you knew every single detailand type of dylexia, you might be able to.  But I would slap the person who would even THINK of trying.  It's unfair to the actual dylexics and the people who don't have problems in school....By the way...How would your friend know and why would you ask something like that?...:(

Answer 2

An oral test is hard to cheat... but a person who has done his research and gives fairly broad and general answers, could faxe a dyslexia test.

Last year I researched dyslexia and fooled my schools nurse, I got easier assignments until I was taken to an eye doctor who quickly revealed my scam

Answer 3

I think it is possible-but if you get caught I hope you are charged with fraud/theft of services-as you will be stealing educational resources which coast money.

Answer 4

There's one big problem here as a dyslexic and the mother of two dyslexics  there are more than one type of dyslexia.  Also despite what people tell you dyslexia is more than spelling mistakes. Since dyslexia is something that is related to reading and writing you would show signs of it in the early grades so if you're a teenager who's never had problems with reading and writing the examiner would know something was wrong.  Although I would really want to know why someone would want to be labeled with something that stays with you for the rest of you life if you didn't have the disability???  Also once you're diagnosed you are placed either in a class for children with LD's or in a resource room for extra help.  You're given a IEP and individual education plan which specifies what resources you get and which modifications you receive and this last at least 3 years unless your parents change your IEP or have you re-evaluated.  Being diagnosed with an LD is not just a joke especially for the children who have to deal with them every day.  I know I didn't learn how to read well until the fifth grade.  I know the pain of being called stupid even though I have an IQ of 130 because I had an undiagnosed LD I went to school in the 60's before much was know about LD's. What would be the advantage of faking something like that???

Answer 5

It would be extremely difficult. If you are dyslexic, it would have shown since you were very young. Secondly, as far as I know, there is no single test that tells you that you are dyslexic, but a whole battery of tests. For instance will your teachers have to fill in a couple of scales where there are questions that gives an indication of whether you are dyslexic or not.

The ones who claim they "faked" a test for dyslexia could not have been properly tested.

Answer 6

y wud u wana fake it

Answer 7

I t'nod kniht os.

Answer 8

I've seen kids try.  I believe their parents told them to fake bad so they can get SSI or something.  Usually, I tell kids the testing can tell if a person is gifted, delayed or somewhere inbetween.  Once they hear the same tests are given to gifted kids, ego sets in, and they try to do the best they can.  If a person fakes, they wouldn't know what part to fake to 'only' look dyslexic, and most don't want to risk looking retarded when they know they aren't.  Testing at a minimum takes about 2.5 hours.  By the way, there are documented cases of people faking gifted by getting their hands on protected test material and memorizing it.

Now, kids who are high due to drug use, that's a different story (luckily that hasn't happened to me yet!)  Also remember testing isn't the only way a decision is made, you have to review academic history and grades.  If a parent requests an eval and a kid bombs the test, but has been proficient on every test prior, I'm suspicious (unless the kid had a t.b.i. or something documented).

Answer 9

You can not fake a Dyslexia test! No matter what you are Dylexic and you can not change anything about. You could only cheat if your parnet a teacher or a guardin wrote down the answers for you. I hope that answers your question

Answer 10

sure, but why???

Answer 11

I think that if someone is going to try and fake it, and go through all that trouble, then they really DO need extra help.