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Existing Accommodations For Students With Dyslexia Are Insufficient According To Dyslexia Ireland

With an estimated 100,000 students in Ireland are living with Dyslexia

Dyslexia Ireland believe existing accommodations for students with dyslexia are insufficient.

The group are calling on the next government to introduce extra time in state exams for students who are affected.

An estimated 100,000 students have the learning difference in Ireland.

Head of education and policy, Donald Ewing, says extra time addresses the needs of a person with dyslexia.

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