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Exam accommodations

StephMW

I wonder if anyone has advice please.  My daughter, 17, has recently been diagnosed with autism by the NHS after years of waiting.  She has impending A Levels and one of the accommodations proposed was extra exam time due to her not understanding inference and having processing difficulties as a result of which she struggles with exam questions and the way they are worded.  The school are saying ‘no’ to extra time because it is not her usual way of working.  Does anyone have any experience with this please? Thanks in advance Pray tone1

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  • The school should not be discriminating against your daughter. You could make an appointment to see the SENCO and explain that just because your daughter did not used to have extra time, it does not mean that she wasn’t experiencing difficulties before and was being discriminated against (albeit possibly unknowingly). You could say that following your daughter’s autism diagnosis, you have a greater awareness and understanding of the exact nature of her difficulties, and that you know she needs extra time so as not to disadvantage her.

    The link explains the steps needed to get extra exam time. 

    www.disabilityrightsuk.org/.../exam-access-arrangements-gcses-and-levels-faqs

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  • The school should not be discriminating against your daughter. You could make an appointment to see the SENCO and explain that just because your daughter did not used to have extra time, it does not mean that she wasn’t experiencing difficulties before and was being discriminated against (albeit possibly unknowingly). You could say that following your daughter’s autism diagnosis, you have a greater awareness and understanding of the exact nature of her difficulties, and that you know she needs extra time so as not to disadvantage her.

    The link explains the steps needed to get extra exam time. 

    www.disabilityrightsuk.org/.../exam-access-arrangements-gcses-and-levels-faqs

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