Hi there
In case I was the cause of the confusion: our situation was that
we were not sure if the member of staff had Dyslexia. Access to work could not
help, obviously I now know, because they did not need a diagnosis so do not
have the facilities to conduct assessments. We chose to seek help from another
organisation to help the member of staff identify what the issues were.
Hope this helps,
Pamela
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Thanks Pete
However, as you will note from another colleagues email if you’re
in Manchester you don’t need any diagnosis. Are we back to different
arrangements according to post code?
It is the lack of consistency and the subsequent confusion for advisers
(whether in HR or E&D units) that frustrates me.
At least with DSA there are clearer guidelines (but please don’t
let us start debating the shortcomings of DSA here as wellJ)
Regards
Chris Baxter
Head of Student Disability and Diversity
Student Services
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Dear Chris,
I'm afraid that
along with ASD and ADHD that Dyslexia and Dyspraxia diagnosis is not (in my
experience) achievable for adults without paying for it.
Like DSA, AtW
will not pay for a diagnosis. It will only contribute to the costs of support
the subsequent required adjustments.
I dont have a
problem getting a diagnosis but we do pay more than £250 to achieve this.
Remploy and other organisations are offering this kind of service to staff if
that helps anyone.
Pete
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I
remain disappointed at Access to Work’s ‘hands off’ approach to supporting
disabled people in work and would encourage colleagues to help them to realise
their role!
Thanks
Chris
Baxter
Head of Student Disability and Diversity
Student Services
Disability Support
website
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Yes,
but what about the method by which a ‘disability’, in this case dyslexia, is
diagnosed? Does the costs incurred include diagnosis? Are Access to Work happy
to accept anyone’s diagnosis and recommendation?
The
first £1,000 is only where existing staff make claims, claims within the first
six weeks are still likely to be fully met by AtW.
Regards
Chris
Baxter
Head of Student Disability and Diversity
Student Services
Disability Support
website
Staff,
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Sent: 15 June 2010 11:27
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Access to Work recently said that they will in future expect employers with
more than a certain number of employees to pay the first £1000 of any claim - I
don't remember the number of emplyees offhand, but it was a small enough number
that most HEIs would find this rule applies to them.
regards, Deb
On 15 June 2010 11:18, Chris Baxter <[log in to unmask]>
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I would strongly recommend contacting
your local Access to Work team and seeing what they advise, they are likely to
pay for the assessment as well.
Chris Baxter
Head of Student Disability and Diversity
Student Services
Disability Support website
Staff, please visit our workspace
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Sent: 15 June 2010 10:53
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Hi
an occupational health department would be very unlikely to be able to offer
dyslexia assessment as they are medics and such assessment is the province of
psychologists (or occasionally specialist teachers) with the appropriate
training. If you get a lot of requests it might be worth negotiating a contract
with a Chartered Educational Psychologist to provide such assessments, but to
be honest people often prefer to be able to go to someone geographically
convenient, so you might as well allow people to select a suitable EP from a
source such as the British Psychological Society's website (www.bps.org.uk ) - though
they need to ensure the EP has experience in assessing adults as not all do.
regards, Deb
On 15 June 2010 09:55, Fehmeeda Riaz <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Dear All,
I hope you are all
well.
We are currently
reviewing our Occupational Health contract and may look to include dyslexia assessments
for staff as part of the contract. Currently, we use our student Disability
Service on a good will basis for an initial assessment and then a full dyslexia
report and diagnosis is sought through a list of Educational Psychologists.
Have any other
colleagues got a similar sort of set up?
Kind Regards
Fehmeeda
Fehmeeda Riaz
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