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Like with all good things, many make the absolute worst of it.
It's growingly common practice in my batch at JGLS for able bodied students to obtain a "fake DSC." I personally know of students who suffer from no actual ailment but do have an extra friendly family doctor who can tinkeringly create whatever is needed. These students then use the committee to claim relaxations such as alternative assessments, extended submission timelines, extra time for in person exams, and the worst of all, I have seen students bring internet enabled laptops to physical mid term examinations, and ai their way through the same paper everyone else is writing (with extra time too). Of course it is undeniable that there are disabilities that are not visible, and I am not judging students for not having a visible disability. I just personally know and have heard students admit, with some pride even, on how they gamed the system with their DSC support, without actually having a condition or needing support. Since grading is relative, these relaxations really do have quite an impact, and in addition to the general student body, it's the students with genuine, especially non visible disabilities, who now get to deal with more side-eye every time they use the support they're entitled to.