I'd just like to know how he knows it is being abused more than it is being helpful.
Dago is correct. Parents resist having their kids labeled for the most part.
AK, people are people. If teachers don't handle the IEPs right, an LD student can learn to be lazy. The trick is setting the appropriate level of challenge, or making the proper adjustments to learning to compensate. Further, it is not possible to see all of what is going on in a student's mind, so assuming laziness is not a safe bet.
Put another way, you folks wouldn't call a blind or deaf person lazy and stupid, you would recognize their disability. Some disabilites are simply more difficult to detect, but are just as real as blindness and deafness.
And Eagler, think a moment... why not allow someone who is making an effort to do his/her best more time on a test? Isn't this someone that is doing everything in his/her power to improve him/herself? Isn't this far preferable to someone standing on the corner with his/her hand out?
Never, ever kick the legs out from under anyone trying to lift themselves up.