I've been supporting a student studying in Denmark over the past 
academic year and successfully argued that the additional costs 
associated with transporting his equipment to and from Copenhagen were 
necessitated by his disability (dyslexia, in this case) and the LA duly 
agreed to pay them. They even agreed to pay taxi costs to and from the 
airport, which again were necessitated by the sheer volume of stuff he 
had to transfer. The student paid for these and submitted receipts as 
they would in the UK.

My advice would be to speak to someone in the LA first to make them 
aware of the issues. Assuming the student has had a needs assessment you 
may well need to get the assessor to write to them.

Where things got slightly more controversial with 'my' student was where 
he wanted to bring everything to and fro each holiday period, although 
if we're talking about ergonomic equipment used when studying this 
should be less contentious.

Hope this helps...

Simon

Natalya Dell wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have a student who is studying in France from Sept 2009 to June 2010 as
> part of their degree programme.
>
> The student received DSA equipment earlier this year which includes an
> ergonomic chair.  I believe the student will need this chair and other bulky
> equipment in France for personal study.
>
> Does anyone have any experience of  supporting a student with shipping of
> bulky disability-equipment and perhaps more importantly ideas of where
> funding could come from for this.
>
> Also, I'd be interested in any advice about how to arrange things like taxis
> in France.  Would the LEA be likely to refund French taxi Receipts like the
> UK ones?
>
> I'm happy for replies to come on or off list.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Natalya
>
>   


-- 
Simon Jarvis
Head of Disability and Dyslexia Service
Queen Mary University of London
Tel: 020 7882 2765