On Monday Victoria Pettipher wrote:
> One of our students who has cerebral palsy, is mobile, but has personal
> care needs, is interested in studying in the USA - Minneapolis or
> California. He is worried about how his living needs would be supported -
> personal care, academic support worker etc. Does anyone know of an
> organisation he could contact about this, or does anyone actually know
> who pays for personal care support when abroad? Does it depend on whether
> it is compulsory as part of his course, or optional?
>
> I'd be grateful for any advice.
You might like to contact an organisation called DO-IT.
It's an assistive technology centre that does a lot of work with
students.
The address is DO-IT, University of Washington, Box 354842, Seattle,
WA 98195-4842
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Their web site is
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~doit/
I hope they can help
Ann
Ann Barlow,
Learning Support Co-ordinator,
Student Services,
the Manchester Metropolitan University,
All Saints,
MANCHESTER M15 6BH
Tel 0161 247 3492
fax 0161 247 6852
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