Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello everyone I need advice on whether my nephew has been discriminated against under the Equalities Act 2010 or Auitsm Act 2009 by his local council. I did ask this on another genreal forum but felt no one really replied. So have signed up here to get some specialist advice.
My nephew suffers from autism, which causes meltdowns (anger outbursts) and self-harm in relation to sensory overload from noises.His support worker contacted the council's adult and social care team to request an occupational therapy assessment to establish if soundproofing could help reduce noise and provide a safe space to go when needed. All adaptations carried out in this council area if you are a tenant there are free and do not require an application for a disabled facilites grant. An OT called back from the council today and explained that because his needs arise from a sensory disability and not a physical one, the funding policy for the revenue budgetdoes not cover soundproofing or sensory issues.
I'm understanding that autistic people are protected under the Autism Act and the Equality Act 2010 from discrimination against their disability, regardless of whether it is physical or not.
Could anyone provide any insight as to whether this is true or if the Council has the legal right to decline an OT assessment?
A big thank you in advance to anyone who can help shed light on this situation.
bungalows will have nice thick walls anyway to be fair. so yeah its mainly the windows with them..my parents live in bungalow, i moved out of there this year into my own flat and now that i can compare from my flat to their bungalow then yeah... the bungalows walls are around 3 times thicker than my flat walls lol....and sound proofing could be done on my flat because my flat walls are thin. on the bungalow it doesnt matter as the bungalow walls are super thick in comparison. but to get that soundproofing on my flat to the level of a bungalow id need to add alot of mass to the walls and it would be unfeasible on appearance and space loss..... plus the foam acoustic pannels are not actually sound blockers, but rather a thing that keep the sound inside your own flat and bounce it around in your own room.... and right now my loud noisy neighbours are playing something thats making a irritating humming noise reverberating through my flat lol dont like my neighbour, they put their washing machine on at 12 midnight to 2am in the morning and always are scraping against the walls for some reason seemingly on purpose to make noise. sounds like they shout through the cavity of the wall too at times.
We've found some cheap polycarbonate sheets for a secondary glazing effect not sure how effective they will be at blocking noise. But atleast it's a reasonable request in money terms compared to triple glazing.www.secondarydiyglazing.com/.../