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Employing a personal reader

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  • 13-02-2013 5:52pm
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    makus
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi there,
    not sure if this is the right place to ask but I am hoping for some guidance. I am an employer and am looking to hire a personal reader for my employee's professional exams. The exam body do not provide assistance and I am struggling to know where to start. Does anyone have any experience of this? I am aware of the FAS grant available, but speaking to FAS themselves has been a bit confusing as some of the info has been contradictory. Just wondering if anyone had any advice or opinion on how to best get the ball rolling...
    thanks all


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    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Fair play to you for looking after your employee.

    There is indeed a FAS grant http://www.fas.ie/en/Allowances+and+Grants/Personal+Reader+Grant.htm

    It says it is for 'work related reading', so you might have to craft a careful explanation as to why the exam is 'work related'.

    I'm not sure where you'd find a reader. Try contacting the local NCBI or the Disability Services unit in your nearest university - they might have people on contract for this.


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    makus
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭makus


    thank you for your help. I got in contact with some colleges who gave me the name of a disability action group that provide readers for exams. Hopefully they will be able to source a reader for us.
    Cheers :)


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