Prof. Judit Kormos (Linguistics and English Language) and Ridmi Handapangoda’s paper Scene behind the unseen: Special adjustments for visually impaired students in L2 English reading tests has just been published in System (Q1). Ridmi Handapangoda is currently a lecturer in Language and Linguistics at University of Colombo and was a Commonwealth Scholar in the MA in Language and Linguistics programme, at Lancaster University. The paper is based on her master’s dissertation project which was internationally recognized for work on fairness and validity in language testing, with a Commendation in the British Council’s ELT Master’s Dissertation Awards (2024–25) and as a runner-up for the Caroline Clapham IELTS Masters Award (2025). The research explored how reading tests in English as a second language are adapted for visually impaired students in a Sri Lankan university context. Through qualitative interviews, we looked beyond what is immediately visible and aimed to understand how effective adjustments can be provided not only during test administration, but also in preparation, assessment design, and scoring. In Ridmi’s and one of our participant’s words: “What stays closest to my heart is the hope that this research can help make language testing fairer and more meaningful for visually impaired students worldwide, so that demonstrating their abilities no longer feels like “trying to climb a tree covered in grease.” Since completing her degree in Lancaster, Ridmi has continued to be a devoted advocate for inclusion and accessibility in Sri Lanka and beyond.