My daughter is in the process of getting a diagnosis for Multiple Sclerosis. There is no definitive test but the neurologist have said it is the most likely diagnosis. This has all happened in the last week.
She sits her A levels in two months, art, history and psychology. She is predicted A, B and A star and really wants to meet or improve on those.
While having MS would explain a number of issues she's had in the last few years, her current symptoms are numbness in her right arm and leg, making stairs difficult and slowing her writing considerably. The hospital's occupational therapist said she should apply for extra time for her exams and the school says it needs 'any documentation' I can provide. I have none other than discharge papers. I understand that normally there is a demonstrated historical need and the student would most likely have needed extra time for GCSEs and other exams and that it is very late to apply now, though this could be considered extraordinary circumstances.
However it is also quite likely that her current issues will be resolved by the time the exams take place, and also a possibility that she may have different issues at exam time. Does anyone have any experience of this? Will she have to have an assessment nearer the time to see if she actually needs extra time? And if she feels ok, does it just revert to normal length? We have a GP appointment today but one worry is they have said things grind slowly on the NHS and it takes time for the paperwork to get from the hospital to the GPs. She has been referred to the local occupational therapist as she is no longer an inpatient, but even that referral may take a week or longer (and then who knows how long to get an appointment) and time is of the essence, plus as stated her current symptoms may be resolved yet she may have new ones. On top of it all is the psychological stress of coming to terms with having this degenerative neurological disease. Any experience welcome.