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<p>The reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) system introduced
in 2014 benefit all children and young people who have SEND, including those with
dyslexia. Building on 2013-16 funding, the Department for Education is funding the
British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and partners in 2017-18, with £500,000 to facilitate
better support for children with dyslexia. BDA resources include information on speech
recognition software which converts speech to text.</p><p>The development of writing
skills is already a fundamental part of the school curriculum. To support improvements
in areas where standards are currently lower than average, we will be setting up a
new Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching and a national network of 35 English
Hubs.</p><p>Exam boards have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable
adjustments for disabled students who because of their disability would otherwise
be at a substantial disadvantage when demonstrating their skills, knowledge and understanding
in an assessment. Such reasonable adjustments may include having extra time, a scribe,
reader, overlays, different fonts or size of fonts or the use of word processor. Reasonable
adjustments are made for many thousands of students each year. The exam boards use
an online system to streamline the process for seeking a reasonable adjustment.</p>
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