Hi Karen and Emma,
Have you tried the CCSW for funding the first student? Not sure if things
are different on your side of the water, but a previous student of ours who
left to do a post-grad SW qualification had the professional body falling
over themselves to fund support (even though she was DSA eligible!).
Cheers,
Kirsty
Disability Coordinator
University of Brighton
(01273) 642885
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From: Karen Hedley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:24 PM
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Subject: Ineligibility for DSA
Hello all,
We currently have two students, who appear to be ineligible for DSA
though
need support to complete their courses.
The first student has been seconded by her employer to complete a
two year
Masters course in Social Work. Her employers have loaned her a lap
top and
printer and the School of Social Work is funding a proof reader. Her
initial
needs assessment recommended the above support and also recommended
specialist software eg kurzweil 3000, dyslexia support tuition for
two hours
per week, and the use of a note taker during lectures. Her employers
have
been reluctant to fund this additional support and the student
feels, that
without this support, she is being discriminated against. She has
contacted
Disability Services regarding who is responsible for providing
funding for
this support- the institution or her employer?
The second student is a prospective student, who has applied to do a
part
time computers course through our Institute of Life long learning
and is
registered blind. The student has only contacted us for information
at this
stage, but we are concerned that the course he has applied for is
not
eligible for DSA as it is not on the list of designated courses that
the
Education and Library Boards hold. At this stage we are unaware of
the full
range of support that he requires and plan to carry out a full
assessment of
needs in due course. The Institute of life long learning have asked
who
would be responsible for funding any equipment/personal support the
student
requires to complete this course, if he is not eligible for DSA?
Also could
he be accepted onto the course on the basis that he has to fund any
support
that he requires?
We have had little experience in cases such as these and would
grately
appreciate any guidance on these issues.
Many thanks
Karen Hedley and Emma Kelly
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