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Exam access arrangements: extra time, breaks, and rooms
Exam arrangements can include extra time, rest breaks, assistive technology, a reader, a scribe, modified papers, or a separate room. The right setup depends on what barrier the exam creates.
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Exam arrangements can include extra time, rest breaks, assistive technology, a reader, a scribe, modified papers, or a separate room. The right setup depends on what barrier the exam creates.
- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
- Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
- Ask for a trial run if equipment or software is involved.
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- 1Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- 2Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
- 3Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
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Exam arrangements can include extra time, rest breaks, assistive technology, a reader, a scribe, modified papers, or a separate room. The right setup depends on what barrier the exam creates.
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- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Prepare: Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Check: Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
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- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
- Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
- Ask for a trial run if equipment or software is involved.
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- Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
- Ask for a trial run if equipment or software is involved.
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- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
- Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
- Ask for a trial run if equipment or software is involved.
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- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
- Check practical details like room access, toilet access, and medication.
- Ask early, because deadlines can be much earlier than the exam.
- Explain the functional barrier, not only the diagnosis.
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