My Department makes special arrangements in the leaving certificate applied examination for candidates who would have difficulty in communicating what they know to an examiner because of a physical disability, including visual and hearing impairments, or a specific learning difficulty. These are generally in line with arrangements which have been made for many years in respect of candidates with disabilities taking the junior certificate and leaving certificate examinations.
Applications for special arrangements are made up to the Department by school authorities. These are examined individually in order to determine the specific arrangements which are appropriate in each case.
The range of special arrangements includes, inter alia, having the question paper read aloud to the candidate; Braille translations of question papers; the provision of question papers in enlarged print; recording of candidates answers on tape; dictation of answers by the candidate to a scribe; the provision of extra time; the provision for candidates to take the examination in a special room or in a hospital and special arrangements for aural and oral tests.