Last year, after a long drawn our process - including appeal - I managed to
support a student to make a successful DSA claim for a scooter on exactly
these grounds. However, the funding body stipulated that their decision set
no precedent (which of course is not strictly true) and that scooters will
not be funded by the DSA.
I am still not convinced, and have concern when such prescriptive statements
are made. It should always depend on the individual circumstances of a
claim.
I'd be interested if anyone else has had success with scooter claims, as I
can imagine that I might have to go through this again in the future due to
the size and lay out of our campus.
Catriona Mowat
Disability Adviser
-----Original Message-----
From: Baxter, Chris [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 20 February 2003 10:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Scooters Advice
I'd agree with you completely Andy, it can be argued that people who have
restrictions on their lives rarely go to places that are inaccessible to
them from choice, however, travel around a campus is quite unavoidable and
therefore a need related directly to study, I think in some cases it would
be reasonable to suggest that a scooter might be an appropriate use of DSA
funds.
As ever it depends on the individual situation and cannot, I believe, have
'blanket ' response ie 'no scooters from DSA'
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Velarde [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 20 February 2003 10:45
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Scooters Advice
Dear Colleagues. Do you have any view/experience about why DSA funding could
be used to purchase enabling equipment such scooters? LEAs are unease to
fund this becuase they reasonably believe that the equipment would have been
purchased in any case and not because of the student educational needs. My
question is really wheather a particular student may need a scooter and
also a computer because of the campus carateristics. Your always helpful
views will be very much appreciated. Many thanks, Andy Velarde Disability
Coordinator UKC
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