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On the use of forms

Hairyloon

I've been fighting with the court about their application forms as a point of principle, but in the course of proceedings the question has raised of whether people with divergent mental makeup might actually really struggle.
They do give me some trouble, when they ask questions that are not relevant in my case: there is always some doubt about leaving things blank.

While i hesitate to call autism a disability, it is legally recognised as one, and if people do actually struggle with unnecessary forms, then maybe I should carry on the fight for their benefit.

Any thoughts?

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  • What are you having hassle with the courts about, apart from forms, obviously, if thats not to personal a question?

    Outside of academia I doulb tif anyone would read such an essay, they'd just read the introduction and the conclusion and not the main body of the text.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    What are you having hassle with the courts about, apart from forms, obviously, if thats not to personal a question?

    I'm appealing a number of decisions of the Information Commissioner.
    The most significant of which is that the Cabinet Office are entitled to refuse to show us the record of the decision to leave the EU because it would cost too much to look for it.

    The others are about the Mayor of West Yorkshire's efforts to pervert the course of justice...

    TheCatWoman said:
    Outside of academia I doulb tif anyone would read such an essay, they'd just read the introduction and the conclusion and not the main body of the text.

    Probably an astute observation, but I wasn't actually asking you to write one.  The point is that under this new rule, you're allowed to apply without a form if you have permission.  They probably don't need a 10,000 word essay, but they might want proof.

    If I didn't know better, I might think this new rule was deliberately designed to target people like you, and I can't see how it's compatible with the Equality Act.  I shall put in a complaint.

  • in reply to Hairyloon

    Good for you, I think this refusal by the Cabinet Office isn't just about the cost of compling the data, but a deliberate attempt at obfuscation and getting away with denying the law. After all they pretty much seem to be judge and jury, often quite literally! I supose you have to fill in a form to get permission not to fill in a form?

    I didn't think you were asking me to write an essay.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Good for you, I think this refusal by the Cabinet Office isn't just about the cost of compling the data, but a deliberate attempt at obfuscation and getting away with denying the law.

    Very much so. I am quite surprised that the Information Commissioner bought it. I've come to the conclusion that they've got systemic problems: the way they approach the task leaves a lot to be desired. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Good for you, I think this refusal by the Cabinet Office isn't just about the cost of compling the data, but a deliberate attempt at obfuscation and getting away with denying the law.

    Very much so. I am quite surprised that the Information Commissioner bought it. I've come to the conclusion that they've got systemic problems: the way they approach the task leaves a lot to be desired. 

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