Just to say that the system that Elaine has outlined for Manchester is
exactly the same as we operate here at University of Wales Swansea.
Richard.
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Richard Edwards,
Disability/Special Needs Officer, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton
Park, Swansea SA2 8PP.
Tel: 01792 295336 Minicom/text: 01792 295089
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Web: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/disability/
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> From: Elaine Shillcock[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 15 November 2000 09:32
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Dyslexia Testing
>
> Here in the University of Manchester we have worked very closely with the
> Hardship fund managers over the last year. We have a separate, simple
> form
> for all disability-related needs, that is available only through the
> Disability Support Office, and as long as a student is eligible for
> Hardship
> funds in principle, if they have a genuine disability-related need that
> can't be met through any other source of funding, we will support their
> application to hardship funds. It is almost a formality that it will be
> accepted. Therefore all of our diagnostic educational psychology
> assessments are paid out of hardship funds - for students not eligible for
> hardship funds we pay out of University funds. Disability-related
> applications are not means tested, but they are assessed by the staff in
> the
> Disability Support Office. The other point that we have agreed with
> Hardship Fund Managers is that if a disabled student applies for a
> disability-related need on our simple form, they can still apply for a
> general hardship-related need like any other student, without any
> prejudice,
> otherwise this is discriminatory.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Elaine Shillcock
> Co-ordinator for Disability Developments
> University of Manchester
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Information
> Service
> Sent: 15 November 2000 09:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Dyslexia Testing
>
>
> Georgina,
>
> The 2000-2001 Hardship Fund guidance says: 'Disabled students, especially
> those with dyslexia, who wish to apply for a preliminary diagnostic test,
> prior to applying for a DSA, may have difficulty meeting the cost of that
> test. The cost cannot be provided by the DSA, even retrospectively, for
> legal reasons. Assistance in meeting the cost of the test, and associated
> costs such as travel to the assessment centre, may now be provided through
> the Hardship Fund. Students can also receive help for other disability
> costs from the Hardship Fund.'
>
> Because of the costs involved in a diagnostic assessment and the fact that
> they wouldn't have to find that money if they weren't (potentially)
> dyslexic, I would argue that a student does not have to be in hardship to
> have difficulty in meeting the cost of the test. Certainly some
> institutions
> do not apply a means-test where a student needs disability costs from the
> hardship fund, for the same reasons that the DSA is not means-tested.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Yours,
>
> Nick Hawkes
> Information and Research Worker
>
> Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
> Freephone helpline - 0800 328 5050 (voice) 0800 068 2422 (text)
> Web - www.skill.org.uk E-mail - [log in to unmask]
>
> Skill is a registered charity, No. 801971
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Georgina Ruth Sait [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:16 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Dyslexia Testing
> >
> >
> > Can anybody help us with clear advice on using the student
> > hardship/access funds to claim for dyslexia diagnosis? Does the
> > student have to prove that they are in hardship as with other claims
> > on the fund?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> > Liz Maynard
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Georgina Sait
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Julia Madeley
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
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