I've assessed a visually impaired student who had 100% extra time in exams,
but this incorporated rest breaks as the student in question had some
useful sight but double/distorted vision most of the time so needed to take
lots of breaks, and found writing very hard as well as reading. It seems to
depend on the specifics of the student's visual impairment, and probably on
the course (this student was studying an essay subject). The student was
also allowed to use their own chair during exams as these were so long.
With best wishes,
Rachel Holdforth
Needs Assessor
Cambridge Access Centre
On Feb 6 2012, Simon Jarvis wrote:
>You can tell its that time of year...
>
>We have traditionally allocated up to 50% additional time for blind
>students, although someone insisted on having 100% a couple of years
>back and the only guidance I could find (from the RNIB, if memory
>serves) was that anything 'up to 100% could be considered reasonable'.
>
>I think that there a number of potential variables that could lead to a
>student needing more than 25% or 50% additional time, .e.g. if they are
>studying a discipline like Maths, Physics or computing where they are
>using long strings of characters for equations and in programming,
>rather than 'words'.
>
>Simon
>
>On 06/02/2012 13:56, Glenn Tookey wrote:
>> Of course it depends upon the actual expertise and capability of the
>> student, but an experienced JAWS user is able to operate equally as
>> efficiently as a sighted user in standard applications such as Word and
>> on the Internet. In fact, in call centre scenarios we have blind users
>> with higher levels of efficiency as they operate with JAWS at 200 words
>> per minute and have scripts running that require less key or mouse
>> strokes to operate the system.
>>
>> So, the use of a screen reader, per se should not mean that extra time
>> is required, but of course, if the student is not an experienced user,
>> then as you would with any other student with a disability of some kind,
>> you would make a reasonable allowance based on the extent of that
>> disability.
>>
>> Regards
>> Glenn Tookey
>> CEO
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students
>> and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Simon Morris Sent: 06 February 2012 13:41 To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Extra exam time for blind students
>>
>> Hi Diana,
>>
>> I am registered blind and make use of both large print and a screen
>> reader. During exams I use pretty much the same set up as your student,
>> with the exam paper in a word document, and I make use of Zoom text to
>> read the questions out. I have recently completed my Under grad, and now
>> studying my maters and for all these exams I have received 33% extra
>> time.
>>
>> I know we are all different, but this has been sufficient for me, and
>> has been pretty much the standard amount of time allocated right through
>> my education since my sight loss.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students
>> and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Diana Maniati Sent: 06 February 2012 13:10 To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Extra exam time for blind students
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I was wondering if you can help.
>>
>> We have a blind law student who is using Jaws. The student will use a
>> computer with Jaws to write exams (and the question papers will be
>> provided in word document).
>>
>> The student insists that she needs 100% extra time to write exams
>> because she is blind and using a screen reading software to read and
>> write takes longer. The exam is three hours so she is asking for 6
>> hours.
>>
>> We agree that some extra time may be given but not 100%.
>>
>> Do you have similar cases and how much extra time students are allowed.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Diana
>>
>> Diana Maniati
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