**3.1.1 Major milestones**

In 2000, HKASLD succeeded to advocate for the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) to include SLD in the Code of Practice on Education under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO).

In 2002/2003, the parents there made a request to the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to provide public examination accommodations to SLD students. HKEAA then prepared and disseminated a special pamphlet informing schools and parents of the eligibility and procedures for SLD students to apply for accommodations in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) and the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE).

In the subsequent years, the Education Bureau (EDB) published various teaching, support and assessment guidelines for local primary schools, and started organizing a number of teacher training workshops on SLD.

In 2003/2004, a "New Funding Model" was launched by the EDB. \$10,000 or \$20,000 financial subsidies (the latter for students requiring individualized education programs) were provided to primary schools.

In short, HKASLD successfully made the turning point which included the inclusion of SLD under DDO and the distribution of leaflets on SLD services by the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority in 2000's. Since then, the schools and society progressively have more understanding of dyslexia.
