John
"Half Blind" may mean that the student has some residual vision and
therefore it is possible that there may not be many adaptations
required. However, as Honey points out the LEA will almost certainly
balk at the costs. If I can help at all please email me directly.
Regards
Andy Fell
Honey Lucas wrote:
> Hi John
>
> You are right in that there will be a balance to be struck between
> what the student's own DSA can pay for, and what the institution pays
> for.
> Generally, the cost of getting text books and so forth into the right
> format for the student can be charged back to the DSA (although be
> warned, often the DSA is not enough to cover the costs involved, even
> where you can get agreement from the LEA to bill them for this work
> under the Non Medical Helpers allowance).
> However, there may be other materials that the student would need and
> which fall under the institution's remit: e.g. module or course
> guides, lecture handouts, exam papers, and anything else which the
> institution would ordinarily print out or provide for any old
> student. The LEA will likely balk at being billed for providing these
> in the right format as they will point out that the institution should
> itself pay for these as reasonable adjustments.
>
> Hope that helps
> Honey Lucas
>
>
> On 15/12/2005 08:44, John Conway wrote:
>
>> I'm interviewing an applicant on Monday who has declared himself "half
>> blind" whatever that might mean.
>> To be prepared, can I ask how adjustments are divided between the
>> Disabled Student Allowance and the institution? For example, we were
>> told in a training session not to worry about blind
>> students as the Disabled Student Allowance would provide a scanner and
>> software like Omnipage which together with Jaws would permit the student
>> to access any printed materials, and that if they needed braille that
>> would be paid for out of the Disabled Student Allowance.
>> I find that unbelievable - and don't want to be caught out - having read
>> some of the emails about extracting electronic copies of textbooks from
>> publishers etc.
>> Your advice would be really appreciated!
>> John
>>
>>
>> Dr John S Conway Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair, Research
>> Committee Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285
>> 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/
>> email [log in to unmask]
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