Please can anyone give me a quick answer? Number of students declaring
a disability in 2002 or 2003? (I've got the 2001 figure). Thanks
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry Hart
Sent: 08 March 2004 19:08
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Subject: Re: Survey on Chrones Disease
Interesting one Mick,
The problem with Crohn's disease (apart from having it) is that at it's
various stages I think it can appear like other digestive / intestinal
disorders. Many of the main effects of the conditon can be confused with
gastric and duodenal ulcerative conditions when present in conjunction
with Hiatus hernia etc.
Although I can't put my finger on the number I have seen over the past 5
or 6 years it is not a huge number but I seem to recall that it was
rather like the old saying regarding buses. You don't see one for ages
then two or three come along at once. I will try and check the actual
numbers out on my files and let you know off list. I would be very
interseted in any conclusions you may be able to reach especiall it's
level of occurance between the sexes as again I seem to recall a
preponderance of one sex.
Regards
Terry Hart
Disability Assist Services
University of Plymouth
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on
behalf of Michael Trott
Sent: Mon 08/03/2004 18:48
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Subject: Survey on Chrones Disease
I wonder if list members might help with an informal survey.
During the past few years I have assessed only a few people with
Chrones
Disease - all these students come from Worcestershire. This is
one of the smaller
LEAs in terms of numbers for me and so they became noticable. I
live in
Worcestshire myself and know of two non-students with this
disease.
It seems strange and rather worrying that of the 8 people I know
of all with
Chrones that all of them should come from this one county. This
is especially
remarkable as I not only see students from all over the country
but several
hundred each year from neighbouring counties. (The figures are:
Worcestershire 6
cases plus 2 non students, Herefordshire 0, Gloucestershire 0
cases, Dudley
0, Shropshire 0, Warwickshire 0, Birmingham 0, Staffordshire 0).
Many
Worcestershire students are assessed at other centres while a
larger percentage from
Dudley and Birmingham are assessed at my centre. Statistically I
would have
expected to see 20 or 30 cases from these 2 (metropolitan)
authorities. I am
therefore wondering if there is something about Worcestershire
or the countryside
that might give rise to a disproportionate numbrer of cases.
Would you please be kind enough to let me know if you have
encountered anyone
in your part of the country with Chrones and also let me know if
you have
encountered anyone with Chrones studying in your area whose home
county is
Worcestershire.
I would be happy to share information with orther interested
parties but
please send replies off list to me at [log in to unmask]
Many thanks for your help with this matter. If Worcestershire
seems to stand
out I will try to raise the issue with the local health
authority.
Regards,
Mick Trott
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