Having difficulty in getting into the dis-forum today, so thought I'd
email round on a different topic on the back of this email received.
I've had a request to provide a BSL interpreter for the parents of a
non-disabled student who want to accompany her to an open day. I
assume there is no requirement for us to do this under SENDA, but
would we have a legal obligation under the DDA "Access to Services"
provisions? I've emailed round internally to see if anyone is trained
in BSL to see if we can cover it that way, but was just wondering if
anyone has any views on the principle of funding something like this.
Thanks
Heather
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
on behalf of J.A.Kirby
Sent: Fri 08/09/2006 16:17
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Subject: DDA 2005
On a separate point, I have received a copy of a letter from an LEA
turning down an application for a students DSA. The student in
question has MS, and provided evidence to this effect from a
specialist. However, as this has been recently diagnosed and the
student is still not yet affected by many symptoms of the illness,
they have been turned down on the grounds that they have "no
disability" quote. This is despite the potential for periods of ill
health and symptoms being present. This seems to be in contradiction
to he new definition of disability under the DDA 2005 (from the point
fo diagnosis). Have LEA officers been briefed about these definitions
and if so, are they now applying them for DSA applications?
James Kirby
Loughborough University
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