Should dislexic people be allowed extra time in exams

Note: I will not post any rebuttals in my opening arguments so don't expect them. I will address my opponents arguments in the third and fourth round before concluding in the fifth. Ladies and gentlemen, let's start off by the dictionary definition of dyslexia:“Dyslexia [n]: a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.„ We see right off the bat the first thing that separates those with dyslexia from those that do not: They have difficulty deciphering words, letters, symbols and other 'common' methods of written communication. Simply put, they have difficulty reading and are much slower readers than you and I for example. That added weight on their shoulders makes the average English test much harder than they have to be, despite them not being any less intelligent than you are. If all tests would be read out loud to them they would score the exact same mark as you will in the exact same time. Unfortunately they have to fight this hindrance each and every time that they sit down and take a test, the test is not read to them and they have to rely on their own ability to read the instructions. Something they just cannot do in the same time frame as the regular test taker. Imagine that you're taking a test in your second or third language. You don't read the foreign text on the test as fast as you would have done if it was plain English, or if you where a native speaker. Imagine that even English had this slowing effect, that you'd have to take a good amount of time just do decipher the instructions on the test, valuable time that ISN'T being used to solve the problem itself. Suddenly you find that you're three courters trough the test and the bell strikes, you return an incomplete test because you wasted so much time understanding it. The extra time levels the playing field, just a little. It gives those that shouldn't be penalized a fair chance to catch up and finish, it returns a more accurate result.perhaps increasing the mark would be a better way to give them the edge, to help combat the issue. But this is again an improper method that is unfair, extra credit just on the account of dyslexia does nothing but skew the truth. To fully understand why this is not a good thing, let's look at a two classes full of students, both taking a test.In one class, some of the test takers do not manage to finish the test due to limited time. To compensate, the teacher gives them some extra marks. This leaves open the possibility that students might purposely leave certain questions they cannot answer unmarked instead of guessing, knowing that they'll get the extra mark anyhow. This in return means that test might not give a correct estimation of the knowledge the student has.The other class has unlimited time, and once they have finished the test they stand up and leave. Now, everyone has an equal shot of finishing the test. Those that do not know the answers cannot return empty answers and hope for an extra mark, they will simply get a wrong answer. This means that if someone didn't finish the test, it isn't because he/she took a long time, it means he didn't know the answer. The tests are much more accurate and give a correct approximation to the general skill level of each student. I propose two equally faulty solutions: One is that every student that requests so can get access to a reader, someone who can read out loud the questions. But this suffers from the fact that not only does this cause a general disturbance in the classroom, it also requires someone to fill in the gap; Assuming a 100 student test chamber and the normal rate of 10-17% dyslexic we already have 17 tutors that require pay and 17 persons that are now doing whatever those tutors where doing before the test began. The other method is impractical simply because we cannot manipulate physical laws. If everyone did in fact have unlimited time we could give every student the time that he or she needed to finish the test no matter how fast they would manage to get trough it. But since we cannot provide every student with an infinite amount of time we cannot do this either. Taking the limited extra time and giving it to the selective few that need it the most is the only logical thing to do if we are to accurately measure how each student stands in the field being tested. Ladies and gentlemen; The extra time is there for a reason. Those that suffer from an illness that does not affect their intelligence in any way, but merely the speed that they show that intelligence should not be forced to fight their own handicap. They should not be discriminated against and should not be given less chance to show what they are capable of. They should be given time to show that they too, can be at the top of their field, no matter what walls they must first climb, because that would be the way to make it fair.