A nursing mother wants extra exam time

And she is going to the state Supreme Court:

Ms. Currier says she runs a high risk of failing the test unless the National Board of Medical Examiners gives her additional break time to pump breast milk for her 4-month-old daughter.

The board has refused the request, and on Thursday, Ms. Currier asked a Massachusetts Superior Court judge to order it to give her extra time on each of two days of testing, plus a private room with a power outlet so she can express her milk in private with an electric pump. (The nine-hour exam, on clinical knowledge, allows 45 minutes for breaks.) . . .

. . . Ms. Currier, who holds a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard, has received some accommodation from the board for dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She can take the nine-hour test over two days instead of one, but she is seeking an additional 60-minute break on each day.

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