In the January 2026 issue, Rose Horowitch reported on American colleges’ extra-time-on-tests problem . As a teacher and an administrator with more than 40 years of experience providing special-education services in public schools, I have watched the evolution of awareness and support that Rose Horowitch describes. The Americans With Disabilities Act was meant to level the playing field by removing obstacles to publicly funded services for anyone identified as disabled. It was not enacted to