If it had come to presenting a factual argument in my case, (remember I was
asking for assistance with forms) I think it could be said that modern life
involves a lot of form filling, for social security, housing, insurance,
finance, you name it, and nowadays this cannot be avoided,
It is part of an expected accomodation for blind people that alternative
forms of bank statements and such should be available, and therefore by
analogy I would suppose the original DDA covers dyslexia also in everyday
life. University forms are not an enormous exception from normal life.
I need assistance with all kinds of forms in everyday life as well and if I
can't get a version I can fill in using my computer I usually end up finding
someone to do it for me.
I would guess an examination is an analogy of this, in that I would expect
either a computer or an amanuensis.
It has to be added in fairness however that regardless of my dyslexia, I
would be covered by the DDA as having a substantial and lasting disability
as dyslexia is only one facet of my disability
Larry
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Claire Wickham
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> Subject: Re: SENDA and UK HE[Scanned]
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>
> I'd agree Larry, but I attended a presentation where it was
> stated that some
> dyslexic people might not qualify. I think the assumption was that reading
> and writing substantial amounts of text are not part of daily life or else
> that the disadvantage would be trival not substantial..
>
> Are there any DDA cases relevant to this?
>
> ATB
>
> Claire
>
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