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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 meant that they think autism in general is something people grow out of.....

    It is obvious that Autism and Asperger's Syndrome has only got into next academic year's Accessibility document as a last minute addition. There's nothing else in the document to suggest they know about it, for example NAS isn't a listed contact organisation.

    Their CURRENT policies make no mention of Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.

    So I suspect the reason they have said they don't think you have it means they've suddenly realised they've no provision and they're trying to get you out of their predicament. It is clear they have no understanding of it.

    You really wonder what has happened previously.

    This is the behaviour of a very badly run F E College - what I referred to earlier as anaerobic pond life. The poor quality of their disability provision is really shocking. Their definition of dyscalculia is a case in point, what they've actually defined is an aspect of dyslexia.

    They really know very little about disability.  Which is sad for people in Devon.

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  • I meant that they think autism in general is something people grow out of.....

    It is obvious that Autism and Asperger's Syndrome has only got into next academic year's Accessibility document as a last minute addition. There's nothing else in the document to suggest they know about it, for example NAS isn't a listed contact organisation.

    Their CURRENT policies make no mention of Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.

    So I suspect the reason they have said they don't think you have it means they've suddenly realised they've no provision and they're trying to get you out of their predicament. It is clear they have no understanding of it.

    You really wonder what has happened previously.

    This is the behaviour of a very badly run F E College - what I referred to earlier as anaerobic pond life. The poor quality of their disability provision is really shocking. Their definition of dyscalculia is a case in point, what they've actually defined is an aspect of dyslexia.

    They really know very little about disability.  Which is sad for people in Devon.

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