I would argue strenuously with SFE that if the student had a laptop
which was otherwise suitable for a non-disabled students' study needs
that the £200 contribution for a laptop which will run Dragon is
unreasonable.
Get the needs assessor to do this and don't give up, keep arguing this
as I have got somewhere with this line before where the student has had
a thing but not one which was good enough for disability needs. You may
need to escalate this a few times and if necessary take it to the top
but the £200 is supposed to be a contribution and if the student HAS a
laptop they have in effect paid it!
You will need to show that the original laptop isn't fast enough for
Dragon.
Good luck.
Natalya
On 11/11/2015 12:39, Helen Stocker wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I just wondered what the alternatives to Dragon would be.
>
> I have a student who already bought a laptop (they were assessed only a
> month ago) and has been told that it's not fast enough to run all of the
> software they would need.
>
> I have attached a copy of the details of their laptop and software
> requirements
>
> They'd need to pay the £200 towards the cost of a new laptop, but the
> student does not have this and neither do we. Therefore, we trying to
> work out ways around it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Helen.
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