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Suing due to disability discrimination

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Does anyone know how I'd go about this please? I know there's criteria, such as time limit, etc. which I'm well within.

In my case, (it has been mentioned on here before) I can't attend a college because they've denied me reasonable adjustments which have been recommended by 2 unis (and were followed by said unis) and a previous college followed the same recommendations.

They tried to justify their refusal by:

- deciding I don't have Autism (it's in writing that I have it)

- telling me I don't need those recommendations as recommended by 2 qualified disabled students allowance (DSA) providers

- telling me that I have equipment I can use which solves the issue. They don't solve the issue.

- telling me that people with severe physical disabilities don't get help (how is that legal?)

They claimed it was all down to money - that's their justification.

This has meant I'm going to have try and find somewhere much further away to continue my education, for which there really is nothing.

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  • Am rather saddened by this comment. For one thing the public perception of autism hinges around some sort of danger due to being hit or otherwise assaulted by someone on the spectrum. How often does this actually happen?

    As someone who until recently was involved in supporting students on the spectrum in HE I would usually attend a pre-enrollment of assessment needs, and one of the things I would hope to establish is how best to deal with stress and overload, and to try to find a way round it. I've had my share of trying to calm someone down who is punching the chair right next to my face, and trying to use my own understanding (from being affected myself) to get things to resolve.

    So I just sit here reading this absurd charicature. 

    I don't think the issues faced by people on the spectrum in FE and HE are helped by this nonsense. Yes there are deficiencies in the system, mostly complicated by legal definitions of what are the responsibilities of institutions.

    My advice to stranger is to look carefully at whether, in terms of what help the institution is allowed to offer, according to EHRC, the institution has failed you, or to consider the possibility that there are some responsibilities on you to try to make the provision work.

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  • Am rather saddened by this comment. For one thing the public perception of autism hinges around some sort of danger due to being hit or otherwise assaulted by someone on the spectrum. How often does this actually happen?

    As someone who until recently was involved in supporting students on the spectrum in HE I would usually attend a pre-enrollment of assessment needs, and one of the things I would hope to establish is how best to deal with stress and overload, and to try to find a way round it. I've had my share of trying to calm someone down who is punching the chair right next to my face, and trying to use my own understanding (from being affected myself) to get things to resolve.

    So I just sit here reading this absurd charicature. 

    I don't think the issues faced by people on the spectrum in FE and HE are helped by this nonsense. Yes there are deficiencies in the system, mostly complicated by legal definitions of what are the responsibilities of institutions.

    My advice to stranger is to look carefully at whether, in terms of what help the institution is allowed to offer, according to EHRC, the institution has failed you, or to consider the possibility that there are some responsibilities on you to try to make the provision work.

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