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Dave, your concerns regarding DSAs being too low for the deaf seems to have been shared by one of the Dearing sub committees. This is from report 6, chapter 4: "5.12 Since the DSA is the principal means by which students with disabilities gain any financial support in recognition of their additional costs, it would be altogether fairer if the allowance were a fixed rate to the student by disability, reasonably reflecting the costs typically incurred by those with different disabilities. It should be a grant to a fixed maximum with a loan option to a maximum available thereafter. " Steve Metcalfe Division of Assistive Resources and Technology University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 440550 ext. 4029 Fax: +44 (0)1482 441411 EMail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%