{"id":1701,"date":"2019-11-18T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2019-11-19T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:18:58","slug":"does-peoplecert-have-a-process-that-accommodates-people-with-visual-impairment-to-take-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/does-peoplecert-have-a-process-that-accommodates-people-with-visual-impairment-to-take-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Does PeopleCert have a process that accommodates people with visual impairment to take exams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Visually-Impaired.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1706\" src=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Visually-Impaired.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Visually-Impaired.png 593w, https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Visually-Impaired-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, PeopleCert can accommodate special allowances and make reasonable adjustments to the examination process. The first thing a candidate with a visual impairment needs to do is to \u00a0submit a medical documentation that confirms the nature of disability and specific requirements for assessment.\u00a0 This way PeopleCert has it on record for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Visual Impairment Adjustments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding visual impairment , there are 3 options available to the candidate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidate can elect to receive 25% extra examination time (for both Online Proctored and classroom based exams)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidate may request to have the exam material printed in different font\/color (for classroom based exams)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidate may request to have a scribe\/reader to the exam if they are taking a classroom based as long as the scribe\/reader is not a first degree relative with the candidate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to book a Visually Impaired Exam with a Scribe\/Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the candidate would like a scribe\/reader to be allocated to their exam, the exam session must be booked only for the specific candidate and the name and email of the scribe\/reader must be provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to Request Special Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the candidate would also like exam material to be printed in a specific color\/font size, it is best to book the exam a few days in advance, in order for us to print the exam material as per candidate&#8217;s requirements and dispatch it on time for the exam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to Request Additional Time for the Exam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding the extra time, when the candidate creates their PeopleCert profile, please provide us your candidate number and medical documentation by sending an email to <a href=\"mailto:customerservice@peoplecert.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">customerservice@peoplecert.org<\/a><wbr \/>.\u00a0 We will review the documentation and, if approved, proceed with the extra time allocation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, PeopleCert can accommodate special allowances and make reasonable adjustments to the examination process. The first thing a candidate with a visual impairment needs to do is to \u00a0submit a medical documentation that confirms the nature of disability and specific requirements for assessment.\u00a0 This way PeopleCert has it on record for you. Visual Impairment Adjustments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[319,227,272,231,220,232,316,317,318],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peoplecert","tag-accessibility","tag-exam-prep","tag-itil-certification-exam","tag-itil-exam-tips","tag-peoplecert","tag-peoplecert-exams","tag-qa","tag-visual-impairment","tag-visually-impaired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}