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Funding in further education?

stranger

I am hoping to go back to college next year.

Does anyone know if there's any funding for non-medical helpers, coloured paper, (this is very expensive) and other disability related stuff please?

There is no disabled students allowance for further education.

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  • Doesn't sound professional at all, but then FE college disability support is still very variable. They are obliged to follow the DDA, but interpretation of that seems very varied.

    How did they deduce you were dyslexic? Did they provide an assessment for dyslexia? Or was the person who saw you making a deduction because you preferred coloured paper to white - not a diagnostic for dyslexia even if many people with dyslexia have this preference.

    Intrigued also that they deduced you shouldn't be using a computer.

    I would advise checking again and making sure you see the actual disability support team at the college. It sounds like you saw someone in learning support who was trying to do additional things they were not qualified to do. Colleges have to comply with the DDA. The only problem may have been that you weren't enrolled on their courses, just asking about support with a view to doing so. But even then they must provide appropriate support.

    When you enrol, or at least start the process, you may be able to ask for an assessment of special needs, and could further ask for a review of the possibility of autism. But unless they have carried out proper assessment procedures they shouldn't be telling you you have dyslexia - and why should someone with dyslexia not be able to use a computer?

    They sound like a right bunch of cowboys.

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  • Doesn't sound professional at all, but then FE college disability support is still very variable. They are obliged to follow the DDA, but interpretation of that seems very varied.

    How did they deduce you were dyslexic? Did they provide an assessment for dyslexia? Or was the person who saw you making a deduction because you preferred coloured paper to white - not a diagnostic for dyslexia even if many people with dyslexia have this preference.

    Intrigued also that they deduced you shouldn't be using a computer.

    I would advise checking again and making sure you see the actual disability support team at the college. It sounds like you saw someone in learning support who was trying to do additional things they were not qualified to do. Colleges have to comply with the DDA. The only problem may have been that you weren't enrolled on their courses, just asking about support with a view to doing so. But even then they must provide appropriate support.

    When you enrol, or at least start the process, you may be able to ask for an assessment of special needs, and could further ask for a review of the possibility of autism. But unless they have carried out proper assessment procedures they shouldn't be telling you you have dyslexia - and why should someone with dyslexia not be able to use a computer?

    They sound like a right bunch of cowboys.

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