I think any person with a documented disability who is intelligent and hard-working should be allowed to take honors and AP level courses while in high school.  It should be mandatory that all high school department chairpersons should allow these people to enroll in such courses and not be discriminated against because of their disability.

When I was in high school about 10 years ago, I was denied the opportunity to take AP classes when I was a student at Walsingham Academy in Williamsburg, Virginia.  I am a person with high-functioning autism and now have successfully completed college and graduate school, with Magna Cum Laude at my undergraduate graduation from N.C State University!  However, a couple of the department chairpersons from Walsingham thought I was not capable of doing AP level work and this was most upsetting and discouraging for me.  Specifically, the people responsible for these terrible mistakes were Linda Eccleston of the social studies department, and Louise Pearson of the science department. 

In any revision of the existing regulations, it should be easier for people like myself to be able to enroll in honors and AP courses.  There should also be options for students to appeal decisions made by department chairpersons that do not decide in their favor.  Thank you for your consideration in this matter!