Not for me either - though I was a little later (1979-1993 for school and 1993-1996 for uni) - didn't have blood glucose meters til i was about 10 I think and even after then said meter never went to school with me, and I did end up having to persuade the uni that I should be able to take an exam at uni late as I missed it completely as I was hypoing when I should've been waking up to go to it - they assumed I'd been out drinking and not sure they really believed it was a medical thing but they let me take it late anyway.Never done in my day (diabetic at schools 1966 - 71 and University 1972 to 1978.
And that was without glucose meters and on basic insulins.
Have you checked with Diabetes UK?
They seem to work closely with schools and will advise you what schools are obliged to offer to children with diabetes during exams.
Never done in my day (diabetic at schools 1966 - 71 and University 1972 to 1978.
And that was without glucose meters and on basic insulins.
Not for me either - though I was a little later (1979-1993 for school and 1993-1996 for uni) - didn't have blood glucose meters til i was about 10 I think and even after then said meter never went to school with me, and I did end up having to persuade the uni that I should be able to take an exam at uni late as I missed it completely as I was hypoing when I should've been waking up to go to it - they assumed I'd been out drinking and not sure they really believed it was a medical thing but they let me take it late anyway.
Yes, education has improved in many areas "since I were a lad" !! I am always fascinated when some educational authorities seem to lack commonsense or believe in the 'stiff upper lip' attitude or think that all kids with these letters are just putting it on !!Things have changed a lot. Reasonable adjustments needed for disabilities and certain conditions. Statemented learning difficulties have an easier process with this and generally there is better understanding of the impact of certain disabilities and conditions on cognitive performance but this is not universally accepted. Some schools realise that poor control can lead to very slow processing (both hypos and hypers) that take hours to correct properly after an episode, others seem to have no appreciation for this (attitude of pop some sugar, get back up to 4/5MMOL and off you go).
Hello.
I am interested in hearing about people who have had 25% extra time agreed for public exams (which is usually based on normal school test and exam arrangements for that person) in the last 5 years.
There appears to be pretty inconsistent adjustments being made for diabetic children for both internal and public school exams. While sitting in separate rooms to take exams and “stopping the clock” to treat hypos seem to be generally accepted there is a huge difference in treatment in terms of extra time being given for Type 1's taking exams. My 13 year old son is a couple of years away from GCSEs but experience to date has shown that he has been badly affected by hypos or hypers during exams. At the last set of school exams he did amazingly well in some subjects and in other subjects when he was hyper his spelling totally went to the point where the relevant teacher said he has no idea what happened (I do, he was 22 MMOL for over an hour) and in others he had 2 hypos during a 90 minute exam and as soon as he was in range was asked to continue the exam - of course with dire results. Of course immediately taking exams following a hypo or hyper doesn’t taking into account the cognitive effect this has on performance for several hours later which is why I believe that 25% extra time which seem to be given out for lots of other conditions is something that Type 1's should be able to avail themselves of. It appears that some students are given this but many are not.
I would be really interested to hear from anybody that has had the 25% extra time applied to them. It is something that the school need to apply for on the student's behalf but some students seem to be getting this fairly easily while others are given a blatant "no" from the school. I would be very interested to hear how students have achieved this and what supporting evidence, including assessments, were helpful. Thanks very much.
It is difficult to manage in an exam enviroment , trust me from my side of things being in a hall with 200 kids and i need to check or eat so yes .. just talk to the school exam officer no worries.
Sorry , not feesable in a mainstream school , it cannot be closed ! . Mental and /or physical problems are taken into consideraton for the exams and allowances made ...in my experience plenty of allowance.That way there should be at least one dedicated invigilator for each student that is expected to have medical problems in an exam. When I worked for a college for the disabled for some O levels we needed as many as 40 invigilator, and we only had 80 students at the college.
If need be all school in a town should be closed for students not taking exams to free up enough staff for invigilation.
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