Geography and colour blind ds

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Had a call from school today as ds had problems with a coloured graph in his exam today. The well being coordinator said he may be allowed extra time, but we need to provide proof which I don't have! Anyone have experience of this?

"In some exams, for example geography and science, the recognition of colours may be central to the focus of the assessment. Where a candidate is vision impaired and/or colour blind, a fully sighted person should be allowed to name colours for them."

From. www.rnib.org.uk/sites/default/files/Overview_of_exam_access_arrangements_May_2014.doc

If being colour blind is recognised as a disability under the Equalities Act 2010, your son is entitled to have reasonable adjustments. Perhaps contact the RNIB for clarification.

Because of his thread, I emailed DS2's school SENCO and she has simply added "colour reading" to his exam card. It means he can ask someone to tell him what the colours are.

He now tells me that he has had to ask in previous internal exams but he'll be sitting his first external exams this summer so it might be more important for it to be properly recorded.

It might help that he was tested in school so it is on his record though.

As others have said, he needs someone to identify the colours for him. Extra time is of no use.

My DS is only 5 so we're not at the stage of dealing with exams yet. Though regarding evidence, we got a discharge letter from the hospital eye clinic which confirmed it in writing. I did have to tell them I suspected he was colourblind, they wouldn't have tested during his appointment otherwise. If we didn't get it in writing from them I was thinking I'd try a high street optician, shame you had no luck with specsavers, maybe an independent would be more helpful?

Roast that's exactly what our student support told us. I had to sit and point out the colours to the student. In the particular practical exam, there wasn't a time limit as such so he didn't get extra time but I imagine reasonable adjustments would have to be made.