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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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  • F E Colleges haven't done anything like as much as universities had to do. Also their websites are less revealing than universities, and a poor showing on the website doesn't mean a college is failing in its duties.

    Even so, I looked at three Devonshire FE Colleges: Petroc, South Devon and Exeter. Petroc sounds as if it ought to be in Cornwall but it is what came up on Google.

    The showing from all three is dismal. Petroc and Exeter read "Accessibility" as how to change the font size on your computer screen. It is hard to find anything out - all three have brief waffle under most headings. 

    Exeter College - Equality and Diversity seems to be about having a mix of people from all walks of life. Equality Duty is "a general one for everyone". There is an Equality and Diversity Policy, but it is the single equality policiy type, standard phrases that apply to all aspects. Very very disappointing.

    South Devon - Single Equality Scheme which says hardly anything meaningful. 

    Petroc - A-Z has nothing on disability, and Equality and Diversity statement is two paragraphs, the second just saying they've hasd thousands of satisfied students. There is a two-and-a-half page table that says nothing. And there is an everyone is welcome statement. Poorest of the three.

    Verifies the postcode lottery. Devn looks to me to be an absolute disgrace. But NAS may be able to offer some conciliatory remarks. I'm only going by the three colleges' poor websites.

    How do they get away with it?

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  • F E Colleges haven't done anything like as much as universities had to do. Also their websites are less revealing than universities, and a poor showing on the website doesn't mean a college is failing in its duties.

    Even so, I looked at three Devonshire FE Colleges: Petroc, South Devon and Exeter. Petroc sounds as if it ought to be in Cornwall but it is what came up on Google.

    The showing from all three is dismal. Petroc and Exeter read "Accessibility" as how to change the font size on your computer screen. It is hard to find anything out - all three have brief waffle under most headings. 

    Exeter College - Equality and Diversity seems to be about having a mix of people from all walks of life. Equality Duty is "a general one for everyone". There is an Equality and Diversity Policy, but it is the single equality policiy type, standard phrases that apply to all aspects. Very very disappointing.

    South Devon - Single Equality Scheme which says hardly anything meaningful. 

    Petroc - A-Z has nothing on disability, and Equality and Diversity statement is two paragraphs, the second just saying they've hasd thousands of satisfied students. There is a two-and-a-half page table that says nothing. And there is an everyone is welcome statement. Poorest of the three.

    Verifies the postcode lottery. Devn looks to me to be an absolute disgrace. But NAS may be able to offer some conciliatory remarks. I'm only going by the three colleges' poor websites.

    How do they get away with it?

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