I guess. DOs and the the DOs professional association should be interested in defend the profession on this. If DOs are not able to assess the impact of the impairment but to pass it on to the GPs, in the next five years, they will be replaced by a lovely software. Best, Andy
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 May 2009 22:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Access to Work versus DSA
Emma,
the need for medical evidence was mentioned at the recent SLC company briefings, where it was suggested that a medical note should make some comment about the extent of impact the "medical condition" might have on a student's ability to study, and not simply certify that the student had such a disability / medical condition / impairment. I don't think there was a clear conclusion or guidance on this , but we have been promised that the questions and answers will be posted in due course on the practitioners website mentioned by Amanda below.
John
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Amanda Kent
Sent: Fri 15/05/2009 16:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Access to Work versus DSA
Emma,
The administrative guidance for DSAs is on the Student Finance Practitioner
website under 'practitioner resources - guidance chapters'
http://practitioners.studentfinanceengland.co.uk/portal/page?
_pageid=133,4210372&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
(The relevant document is the second on the list - Disabled Students
Allowance -LA Guidance notes.)
There has been a recent review of DSAs in Scotland and the Report was
preceded by a number of discussion papers. The details are on this link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Funding-Support-
Grants/FFL/PMB
Amanda Kent
On Fri, 15 May 2009 11:45:55 +0100, Emma Rowlett
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm still working on my thesis and am currently writing a section
>about DSAs funding As I'm going through Access to Work too I've been
>thinking about the similarities and differences and am considering
>including a section on this. It seems to me that AtW does not have
>the same budget limits as DSAs do, and that in most cases AtW does not
>require medical evidence. In comparison, some people have told me
>that DSAs have required very detailed medical evidence about
>disability/impairment and their impact on studies, and just
>registration as blind/partially sighted has not be accepted. Does
>anyone have any comments on this? It would be particularly good if
>anyone knows of any websites or anything that go into detailsabout
>DSAs or Access to Work.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Emma
>
>--
>Emma Jane Rowlett (née Wright)
>School of Sociology and Social Policy
>University of Nottingham
>
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