Students with autism to get sops in exams - Times of India MUMBAI: After over a month, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education issued a circular, granting language concessions to students with autism for March 2020 SSC exams. Last October's GR, which revised concessions for students with disabilities, had left out the rule allowing students with autism to drop two languages and opt for work experience. The issue came to light when Mumbai division officials did not allow students to drop languages as "concessions were dropped". Parents support group, Forum for Autism, met education department officials and Nair Hospital doctors wrote to them. The board agreed to grant them in principle and issued a letter, but schools waited for final orders. "After the August 21 letter was sent, we have been contacting the officer concerned. We were promised it after the festival season, but it kept getting delayed. As schools are getting ready for term exams, they are asking parents for the circular," said a parent. Finally, the board issued the circular on September 27.
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