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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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  • I'm all for making a vigorous stand when required. And I have done so - often - sometimes successfully. I have, on occasions, managed to influence change. But that is very hard to do withiout a lot of research and a lot of care.

    However an organisation has to have a case to answer and a reality you need to recognise is that while individuals get screwed in this country, big money and corporations are protected by vaguaries in law. Unfortunately for us the protection we were offered by the Disability Act and the Autism Act has no meaning if the conditions on organisations are so woolly and ineffectual due to caveats that you cannot pin down any wrongdoing.

    Take a look at the initial outcomes from local authorities re "Leading Rewarding and Fulfilling Lives" which is why we have the current "red button" NAS campaign.

    The sad fact is an FE or HE institution is only required to make reasonable provision, and the definition of reasonable is woolly and open to legal debate. Since the initial fear about prosecutions and litigation has dissipated, most FE and HE institutions seem prepared to gamble on whether not providing some support is cheaper than any improbable litigation.

    I can honestly assure you, you wont feel better after a punch up with an institution's lawyers. The sooner you realise that being an ordinary human counts for little, the better you'll feel.

    I really do advise against staging a "freak out". You are the one who could face prosecution.

    What might help stranger is getting his local councillor to interpose with the college, assuming his local councillor is up to it, and not just a party political poser.

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  • I'm all for making a vigorous stand when required. And I have done so - often - sometimes successfully. I have, on occasions, managed to influence change. But that is very hard to do withiout a lot of research and a lot of care.

    However an organisation has to have a case to answer and a reality you need to recognise is that while individuals get screwed in this country, big money and corporations are protected by vaguaries in law. Unfortunately for us the protection we were offered by the Disability Act and the Autism Act has no meaning if the conditions on organisations are so woolly and ineffectual due to caveats that you cannot pin down any wrongdoing.

    Take a look at the initial outcomes from local authorities re "Leading Rewarding and Fulfilling Lives" which is why we have the current "red button" NAS campaign.

    The sad fact is an FE or HE institution is only required to make reasonable provision, and the definition of reasonable is woolly and open to legal debate. Since the initial fear about prosecutions and litigation has dissipated, most FE and HE institutions seem prepared to gamble on whether not providing some support is cheaper than any improbable litigation.

    I can honestly assure you, you wont feel better after a punch up with an institution's lawyers. The sooner you realise that being an ordinary human counts for little, the better you'll feel.

    I really do advise against staging a "freak out". You are the one who could face prosecution.

    What might help stranger is getting his local councillor to interpose with the college, assuming his local councillor is up to it, and not just a party political poser.

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