A five-judge Supreme Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by a woman who alleges that, as a student with dyslexia, she was discriminated against because special explanatory notes were attached to her Leaving Certificate. The notes stated she was not assessed on spelling and grammatical elements of language subjects.

A WOMAN with dyslexia has lost her High Court claim she was discriminated against by the attachment of special explanatory notes to her Leaving Certificate indicating she was not assessed on spelling and certain grammatical elements in language subjects.