Student with dyslexia appeals exam ‘reader’ refusal

A student with dyslexia has brought fresh High Court proceedings after his application aimed at securing a reader allowing him better understand papers in next month’s Leaving Certificate was once again refused.

The student is one of several individuals who have brought actions against an Independent Appeals Committee of the State Examinations Commission, which is under the aegis of the Department of Education, after his application for a reader was turned down.

A reader is an adult exam supervisor who reads exam questions in a way a student with dyslexia can understand, while he sits his exams.