Dear Paul
Long live the Perkins I say!
Seriously, I do agree that it is a reasonable request for many reasons. We have had students using a Perkins in external exams up to Level 3 at college and cannot see why that should change just because they are studying at Level 4 or above.
Vicki.
Vicki Jackson
Assessment Centre Manager
The Sheffield College
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Sheffield
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>>> Paul Jarman <[log in to unmask]> 15/03/07 12:43 >>>
HI everyone,
Has anyone ever allowed any of their visually-impaired students to write
their examination papers in Braille, and have them transcribed afterwards?
Of course I am aware that a standard reasonable adjustment is to have the
papers themselves turned into Braille--and I can do that myself,
obviously--but what about the student's answers? We have an international
student who has put in a request to write out his exam answers on a
perkins--that's one of those old-fashioned mechanical Brailling machines for
those who don't know--because this is how he has always done things in
school in Iran. In fact, that's how things are usually still done here in
schools as well. At HE level however, I get the impression that most VI
students use the PC with Jaws/Supernova etc. That's how all our previous VI
students have sat exams anyway, as did I. Have any of your students just
Brailled them out though, and would you consider this to be a reasonable
adjustment to allow him to do so? He says that his typing speed is not
sufficient to use the PC. Of course it would land us with plenty more work,
transcribing back into print etc., but I guess this is no excuse, as always.
Thoughts welcome.
Paul.
Paul Jarman,
Disability Support Officer,
2.39 Francis Bancroft Building,
Queen Mary, University of London,
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