> 1. A science tutor has asked me whether he has the right to refuse to take a
> (hypothetical) student with a life-threatening illness on field visits? Does
> anyone have any information on this issue?
It is usually felt that disabled people should be allowed to judge
such things for themselves as too often others exclude them on
grounds such as "of, course you would not be able to do so-and-so."
This particularly applies to jobs.
However, in view of the vast increase in litigation that universities
are facing from students (a high proportion of whom are disabled) and
the disability statements that may offer more than is deliverable,
any tutor in such a situation would be well advised to seek legal help
from their college lawyers who may require a signed document from the
student pointing out that they knew what they were doing and would
not hold the university liable etc. etc. Sad, but a sign of the
times.
Dave Laycock MBE
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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