Student with dyslexia challenges minister to provide a reader

A Leaving Certificate student with dyslexia has challenged the education minister’s refusal to grant him an adult “reader” to help him understand the exam papers in recognition of the impact of his disability.

The 18-year-old student, from Dublin, was given a reader when sitting his Junior Certificate but has been refused one for the Leaving Certificate, which he is due to sit this year.

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys granted leave yesterday to senior counsel Feichín McDonagh to challenge that refusal in judicial review proceedings against the minister.