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Hi all I haven't been on here for a while, not that I now know everything there is to know and don't need to ask questions, I have just been busy! :) It is the time of year when a little bit of panic sets in about the DSA for some of our students, who are already very anxious about going off to university - in the past I have always advised students with ADHD/ASD to provide medical documents/letter from their doctor or specialist to confirm their diagnosis... but recently it seems that is not sufficient and a student who I reassured and reassured (he has ADHD and traits of ASD - which I would argue are more than traits) that a doctor's letter would suffice has been told he needs to have a full EP assessment. I thought that ADHD being technically a medical issue/mental health (I know there are differing perspectives) a letter from his doctor would have been fine - now the student is even more anxious as 1. I let him down with my advice 2. He will have to pay a large sum of money to prove that the problem he has had all his life, remains a problem. Does anyone have a view on this? Is a full EP report required for a student with ADHD? On another note - it has been a great 2018 for one of our students who was filmed by the BBC and appeared on the local news, he is hugely talented https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tjLB3ANosA I also made this video with a friend of the student performing a piece of music he composed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tjLB3ANosA Kind regards, Paul Paul Smyth Disability Officer T: 020 8607 8173 E: [log in to unmask] Richmond upon Thames College | Egerton Road | Twickenham | Middlesex | TW2 7SJ [cid:image001.png@01D1E66F.06D86BA0]<http://www.rutc.ac.uk/> [cid:image002.jpg@01D20390.DFBB1740] <https://www.facebook.com/RichmonduponThamesCollege/> [cid:image003.jpg@01D20390.DFBB1740] <https://twitter.com/RuT_College> [cid:image004.jpg@01D20390.DFBB1740] <https://www.instagram.com/richmond_college/> [cid:image005.jpg@01D20390.DFBB1740] <https://www.youtube.com/user/RichmondCollegeUK> [cid:image006.jpg@01D20390.DFBB1740] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/richmond-upon-thames-college> [cid:image007.jpg@01D3E842.B6B42060]<http://www.rutc.ac.uk/>