KATE DRESSER wrote:
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> Please could list members let me know if their institutions are
> following national guidelines and 'allowing' extra time in addition to
> amanuensis/PC for students with dyslexia (and indeed for other
> disabilities).
I have looked up what we suggested for dyslexic students in the Dyslexia in HE Guide.
On page 148, near the bottom of the page we stressed the following
(the passage is highlighted in italics,reproduced in the quote below in upper case):
'allowance of extra time should be given IN ADDITION TO other special arrangements
NOT INSTEAD OF such arrangements'
Melanie Jameson
(member of former working party on Dyslexia in HE)
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