Dear List,
I would be grateful if you could help me with two problems:
1. The first concerns suppliers of hearing loops. We are planning to put
them in 3 of our lecture theatres, but would welcome recoomendations about
where to get them.
2. My college trains student osteopaths, and I have one in pain, facing an
exam tomorrow. Is there an objective method of deciding how long someone
with a non-DSA eligible disability could have as extra time in an exam?
The student has put an urgent operation off until after the exam, but can
only write for 15 minutes without a rest period. I wanted to add at least an
hour to his 3 hour exam, but objections are being raised that he will have
more thinking time than the others.
The college suggestion is to stop him at the end of three hours and simply
take his disability into account at the Exam Board, or to offer him a viva.
(He doesn't like the idea of an amanuensis or speaking to a tape or
computer.)
The notion of "rest periods" per se is causing some scepticism and dismay-
so I would be very grateful for evidence from you that it is standard
practice elsewhere.
I would be grateful for your thoughts on these issues.
Pat Costall
The British School of Osteopathy
Borough High Street
Borough
London
SE1 1JE
Phone: 020 7089 5303
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