Should dislexic people be allowed extra time in exams

Let me start by defining what exams are for: exams are a formal test of a person's knowledge or proficiency in a subject or skill. This means that tests are indeed meant to give an accurate representation of a persons ability of a subject, so is should not be surprising for a dyslexic person to not be so able in a mostly writing exam. A person looking at grades should take this into account and understand that rather than seeing a dyslexic person has got an A in an English exam, when in actual fact they are not actually of this standard of English. After speaking to many dyslexic people the general consensus from them was that the extra time was a joke, of corse they appreciated the extra time given as it did enhance their grade, but even they felt it was an inaccurate representation of their skill. I understand that a full CV will be given to the employer, but perhaps universities lets say I know that most universities start by looking at grades only and after they have selected the grades of the standard they expect they then start to look at the other things that people have done. Again font size makes very little difference to a person with such a disorder, but if it helps then possibly we should have this done to all papers to make it more fair. As for the reading out, it would one more be untrue to the persons life. They will not in their work be provided with somebody who can read everything out for them, so how is that helping them apart from giving them a false idea of what life will be like? That because of this disability they can always be given extra time for their work and have somebody read out things to them. An excellent point, that is also very true is that we will never be able to distinguish those who really need the extra time and those who do not. Which is a shame isn't it? Schools should provide schemes to help people with this disability overcome it, as no it is not fair that they have all the brains and often people with dyslexia have average to over average intelligence yet cannot get it out. But I again refer to my point that somebody who has such a problem will not wish to expand in later life, as it is something they struggle with. So why is it that they want to come across as somebody who is an A or A* student at English, when they are not. That is okay and perhaps we should have a symbol or a sign placed beside the grade so that the disability can be understood and recognised then it would not matter that they possibly didn't do so well in the subject. Ah, I never said that this handicap was SIMPLE to overcome, but nor is it impossible. With the correct resources and support it can be overcome, and surely if this can be overcome then we should all get behind it? I do not mean that in not having extra time we are crushing their capability, because everybody has a talent and I am sure that that will show in other grades. For those with a severe disability then maybe we do provide them with some sort of listening form of a paper instead, because everybody deserves equality is something that should definitely be enforced in schools, so it is schools jobs to help these people not to struggle. Finally you state that these extra minutes will do no harm nor good. If it does neither than why is it that we keep them? I suggest that we have many ways of dealing with this some of them could be: 1- We let them have extra time, giving people a false sense of their strengths, but note beside the grade their handicap 2- We lengthen exam time to fit everybody. 3- Dyslexic people are given the option to have special exams fitted for their disability, but it is shown that they have this in the grade. 4. WE give them the same amount of time as everybody, but beside the score recognise their handicap 5. Dyslexia is treated and gone by exam time so that nobody suffers from it