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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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  • Sounds pretty bad.

    Notwithstanding you say you haven't an AS diagnosis, can you get your local area NAS representative to intercede with the college?

    DirectGov has a webpage for Disabled people - disabled support at college (I'm usually ill-fated citing urls on here but www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/educationandtraining/furthereducation/dg_4000896 is how I found it)

    This contains a sub-page Learning and your rights, and also sections on grants etc.

    Perhaps you could contact DuirectGov about the college. However I suspect the coalition government will advocate going elsewhere if one college doesn't help - which is not as easy an option as fat cat politicians seem to think. If you don't have a taxpayer paid chauffered limousine to take you to the college in the next town you must be one of the downtrodden masses.

    NAS also needs to note that clearly many colleges are ignoring the DDA.

    It is possible they are trying to avoid their committments by deliberately misunderstanding you. You may find it useful to have someone to act on your behalf, such as your local county or borough councillor.

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  • Sounds pretty bad.

    Notwithstanding you say you haven't an AS diagnosis, can you get your local area NAS representative to intercede with the college?

    DirectGov has a webpage for Disabled people - disabled support at college (I'm usually ill-fated citing urls on here but www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/educationandtraining/furthereducation/dg_4000896 is how I found it)

    This contains a sub-page Learning and your rights, and also sections on grants etc.

    Perhaps you could contact DuirectGov about the college. However I suspect the coalition government will advocate going elsewhere if one college doesn't help - which is not as easy an option as fat cat politicians seem to think. If you don't have a taxpayer paid chauffered limousine to take you to the college in the next town you must be one of the downtrodden masses.

    NAS also needs to note that clearly many colleges are ignoring the DDA.

    It is possible they are trying to avoid their committments by deliberately misunderstanding you. You may find it useful to have someone to act on your behalf, such as your local county or borough councillor.

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