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Not being treated fairly

Matt

Hi my name is  Matt,  i have Autism Spectrum Disorder and learning disability,  my question is how is somebody with this condition supposed to get around the road block of the education sysytem.

I left school four years ago and i'm currently  not in college as of two years agos Cornwall College in St Austell,  kicked me out because i wouldn't attend the Maths/English sessions, this was because i found it very overwelming and was not getting support. the course manager of ICT was the one behind this i was  confronted over the Maths business, it was questioned as to why i was avoiding the subject he looks at me and hes like are you autistic i nodded and hes like OH WELL THAT EXPLAINS IT BUT YOU STILL NEED TO MEET OUR CRITERIA!

I'm aware ive got entry level 3 in Maths and level 1 functional skills in English but they want to keep pushing to get to those higher levels, for me this is not something i'm comfortable with, this is what im struggling with. the grades ive got are better than what i got in school and i feel like that is an achievement.

I've benn  trying to  apply for an apprenticeship at level 3 recently,  and the college declined it ,   i do not hold a gcse/ equivalnt in these core subjects, thats why they're being funny, I also attempted applying for a level 2 apprenticeship and they said that i already had the qualifcation,

what i want to do is earn my self some poket money but get used to working a shop environment which ive never done before in my life, and the pratical side of working, not bum on seat in classroom copying from text books forever or taking exams forever im almost 21 years old,    , all we did at college was 90% theory and im really frustrated at the excuses that are being made.

ive looked online and came accross something that the system is apprently changed to entry 3 at the minimum , giving fairer access to apprenticeships/ further training for people with learning disabilities/disabilites  as of 2017 onwards "so they say" . 

Ive also found this scheme where it says what each level means and what should be expected from   at the specific level stated, for example "people who are below level 1 functional skills may not be able to compare prices, yet in the entry 3 that ive done and passed,  it was based around real life, which  covered comparing prices which i was fine with, funny thing is though when you get the real exams its nothing of what the scheme suggests.

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  • Hello Matt. Sorry to hear you've been treated unfairly by college. It sounds like where it went wrong is in them not making the essential courses accessible to you. Has anyone been able to take up that complaint on your behalf, like an advocacy worker? If not, you might like to talk to Disability Rights UK.

    Your English is quite good and clear, and I'd expect you could do the kind of work you're after. Have you tried asking the Jobcentre for a Disability Employment Adviser?

    Welcome to the forums by the way. To help people distinguish you from all the other 'NAS3nnnn' people on the forum, you may want to change your name or picture. You can do this by clicking the round button on the top right of the page, then 'Profile' and 'Edit Profile'.

    (Oh, another thing is that naming an individual, the course manager here is probably a bad idea and against the rules. You can edit what you've written by clicking on the 'More' button underneath the post, then 'Edit'.)

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  • Hello Matt. Sorry to hear you've been treated unfairly by college. It sounds like where it went wrong is in them not making the essential courses accessible to you. Has anyone been able to take up that complaint on your behalf, like an advocacy worker? If not, you might like to talk to Disability Rights UK.

    Your English is quite good and clear, and I'd expect you could do the kind of work you're after. Have you tried asking the Jobcentre for a Disability Employment Adviser?

    Welcome to the forums by the way. To help people distinguish you from all the other 'NAS3nnnn' people on the forum, you may want to change your name or picture. You can do this by clicking the round button on the top right of the page, then 'Profile' and 'Edit Profile'.

    (Oh, another thing is that naming an individual, the course manager here is probably a bad idea and against the rules. You can edit what you've written by clicking on the 'More' button underneath the post, then 'Edit'.)

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  • in reply to Cassandro

    Hello thankyou for your reposnse and for your very walm welcome this would be my first time on here so i will defiantely  have to look into that  thanks for the tips  ;) 

    Ive said that many times myself, i can write letters i can speak fine, the  amount of emails ive  had to send recently,  looking at the  grading system acoording to level 1 fs its the equivalent to D-G rather close to the E i got in secondary school so a little better but obviosuly not what the Gods  expect.

      I will have to look into that aswell i currently have a job couch supposedely to help with jobs "positive people/ addaction" i didn't know whether there was ones specifically for learning disabilties? just i've heard bad things about the job centre locally, my sister went in there couldn't cope with the crowds so don't know how much support you get exactly with that?  nobody actually followed that up i was just kicked out of college no help and they were like oh yeah you can get a job,  my income for being in education stopped so my mother had to help me get that sorted, i guess at the time i never had that in my head at all, thankyou for mentioning it.