Visual Impairment - any experience?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:41 pm
Hi
My daughter is visually impaired and I'd like to know if anyone knows of any children with the same problem who've taken the 11+ in the Essex area. In normal school conditions she has papers enlarged for ease of reading and is allowed extra time for exams (to allow for eyes re-adjusting and concentration - it's more tiring for kids with VI to read).
Our specialist VI teacher who visits the school regularly to check that all is well education wise has said that the CSSE aren't very sympathetic to these problems - they'll provide enlarged papers, but no extra time. Even with intervention from the RNIB they wouldn't budge last year.
Any advice or stories - successful or not, are welcomed
Thanks
My daughter is visually impaired and I'd like to know if anyone knows of any children with the same problem who've taken the 11+ in the Essex area. In normal school conditions she has papers enlarged for ease of reading and is allowed extra time for exams (to allow for eyes re-adjusting and concentration - it's more tiring for kids with VI to read).
Our specialist VI teacher who visits the school regularly to check that all is well education wise has said that the CSSE aren't very sympathetic to these problems - they'll provide enlarged papers, but no extra time. Even with intervention from the RNIB they wouldn't budge last year.
Any advice or stories - successful or not, are welcomed
Thanks