Application for Special Accommodations on the Grounds of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

The Psychometric Test

A diagnosis of ASD, from any age, by a professional licensed to diagnose these conditions, in accordance with the guidelines appearing on the Ministry of Health website.

We recommend submitting a description of your developmental and educational background by means of various documents (diagnoses, report cards, assessments by teachers and therapists who have worked with you).

People on the autism spectrum differ in terms of how the syndrome affects their general functioning and academic functioning in areas relevant to the test. The diagnosis itself is therefore not enough to determine test accommodations. To adapt the test conditions effectively, the professional staff needs a clear picture of functioning that is relevant to the test: language, reading, writing, arithmetic, work style, attention, processing speed, and so forth.
Such documentation can be submitted as follows:

• By means of current evaluations by teachers, educators, and therapists who are well-acquainted with your functioning. These must be submitted using the appropriate questionnaire.
• If you are unable to locate teachers or educators who are acquainted with your educational functioning, you may also submit up-to-date educational information by means of a current assessment of learning functions, psycho-didactic or neuropsychological, that addresses the areas of difficulty. The assessment must be accompanied by the assessor questionnaire, which specifies the required information, as detailed here.

Additional, non-academic, difficulties that may affect functioning during the test should be explicitly stated and submitted along with detailed current information from relevant professionals. For example, if the ASD is accompanied by emotional difficulties that may impact performance on the test, a current professional evaluation is required.

People on the autistic spectrum differ from one another in the manner in which they function and in which the disorder affects their performance in education and testing. This is why the diagnosis is not sufficient in itself to determine special accommodations.

In order to assess the necessity for special accommodations we need to receive current information on your functioning in areas relevant to the test. If you are unable to submit the teacher’s questionnaire, you will need to undergo a current assessment of your educational functioning.

In order to determine special accommodations, we need current information on your functioning today in areas relevant to the test.
So opinions from when you were in elementary school can be helpful for understanding the background to your developmental challenges over the year, but they are no substitute for a current functional assessment or an up-to-date questionnaire filled out by an educational or therapeutic personality who worked with you in your most recent educational setting.

Every test has different objectives, and a different structure and measures different abilities, so special accommodations that were granted in other test in the past are not necessarily relevant to this test.

In order to determine special accommodations you need to submit a current functional assessment or up-to-date questionnaire filled out by an educational or therapeutic personality who is highly familiar with your functioning.

A diagnosis of ASD by itself does not automatically entitle you to special accommodations. People on the autistic spectrum differ from one another in the manner in which they function and in which the disorder affects their performance in education and testing.

In order to determine special accommodations we need current information on your functioning in areas relevant to the test. This information will be the basis for determining special accommodations and deciding the particular accommodations granted.

Special accommodations are determined on an individual basis depending on the manner of functioning and the influence of ASD on the test areas.

Depending on the documentation submitted, the accommodations that will be considered include breaks between sections of the test, extra time in the writing assignment, a private room, or a MIFAM test - a computerized test with extra time - and also special accommodations concerning the test environment.

The decision will be taken on the basis of current and detailed information in the areas relevant to the test.