In the
Republic of Ireland, people with
dyslexia
Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...
, especially school children, can benefit from a range of support techniques including additional one-to-one literacy support from specialist teachers,
computer tools with text-to-speech, spelling correction and
word prediction
Autocomplete, or word completion, is a feature in which an application predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. In Android and iOS smartphones, this is called predictive text. In graphical user interfaces, users can typically press the tab ...
; coloured glasses, and many other methods.
The techniques chosen for an individual vary according to their particular conditions. People in
Northern Ireland are aided by the service available from
Dyslexia support in the United Kingdom.
Mainstream education
Classroom aids
Depending on the level of impairment, students may be offered support from a
Special Needs Assistant.
Irish language exemption
Irish is a compulsory subject in general. Students with dyslexia can claim an exemption in order to focus on English language study.
Examinations
Students who require support for
state exams (scribes or word processors) can apply under the Reasonable Accommodation in the Certificate Examinations (Race) scheme.
Up to 9,000 students required this support in 2015.
Third level
Students with disabilities are given additional support and access routes to
colleges and universities
This is a list of lists of universities and colleges.
Subject of study
* Aerospace engineering
* Agriculture
* Art schools
* Business
* Chiropractic
* Engineering
* Forestry
* Law
* Maritime studies
* Medicine
* Music
* Nanotechnology
* Osteopathy ...
under the scheme Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) scheme.
Dyslexia is recognised as specific learning difficulty (SLD) under the scheme.
Some institutions reserve places for these students which might end up being offered to candidates with lower
points
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
than the standard
CAO cut-off.
References
Ireland, Republic of
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
Special education in the Republic of Ireland
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