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Suing due to disability discrimination

stranger

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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  • Well I only got to where I am now making those mistakes. I used to write letters full of block capitals and excamation marks. I think I just provided entertainment - textual meltdown.

    Also I used to think a barrage of letters/emails worked - I had this image of an 18th century battleship giving a barrage of canon fire progressively along the length of the ship.  It doesn't achieve anything. Just confuses and bewilders people.

    To be honest you achieve something if its just a nudge in the right direction. If you nudge occasionally it might over time, and if others are doing the same, amount to a productive shift.

    But it is paramount in my view to research the facts thoroughly and look at all the angles. If you are a well informed protestor that has a lot more impact.

    That said I still don't get things right all the time. I'm inclined to perseverate - and really have to watch myself. That is I tend to get obsessive about an issue and keep hammering at it well beyond what is necessary.

    I also have difficulty seeing the whole picture. I'll fire off a response then realise I missed other angles or dimensions, and have to send a fresh expanded communication, only to realise I've missed more possibilities. Maybe if I didn't have aspergers I'd see things clearer.

    To get back to stranger's original concern, I think this is something for his local NAS branch (if there is one) to look into. If the college is not meeting its obligations under anticipatory measures, thats a serious matter. It shouldn't be up to ondivviduals like stranger to fight that alone. This is where NAS should come in. Hello NAS, any moderators listening.........

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  • Well I only got to where I am now making those mistakes. I used to write letters full of block capitals and excamation marks. I think I just provided entertainment - textual meltdown.

    Also I used to think a barrage of letters/emails worked - I had this image of an 18th century battleship giving a barrage of canon fire progressively along the length of the ship.  It doesn't achieve anything. Just confuses and bewilders people.

    To be honest you achieve something if its just a nudge in the right direction. If you nudge occasionally it might over time, and if others are doing the same, amount to a productive shift.

    But it is paramount in my view to research the facts thoroughly and look at all the angles. If you are a well informed protestor that has a lot more impact.

    That said I still don't get things right all the time. I'm inclined to perseverate - and really have to watch myself. That is I tend to get obsessive about an issue and keep hammering at it well beyond what is necessary.

    I also have difficulty seeing the whole picture. I'll fire off a response then realise I missed other angles or dimensions, and have to send a fresh expanded communication, only to realise I've missed more possibilities. Maybe if I didn't have aspergers I'd see things clearer.

    To get back to stranger's original concern, I think this is something for his local NAS branch (if there is one) to look into. If the college is not meeting its obligations under anticipatory measures, thats a serious matter. It shouldn't be up to ondivviduals like stranger to fight that alone. This is where NAS should come in. Hello NAS, any moderators listening.........

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