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Funding in further education?

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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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  • NAS11866 said:
    We were handed a leaflet on Dyslexia when he enrolled 15 months ago. He isn't Dyslexic either, but has severe problems with handwriting.It is as if they had done Dyslexia training so everyone with a problem must be Dyslexic.

    This is what they did with me when I was there 4 years ago. They argued that I was Dyslexic because my reading is poor. My reading is poor because I'm sight impaired and my impairment means that it takes far more effort to read than it does a non-visually impaired person.

    The SENCo did explain to me that when my son was at school his Statement ensured that there was a pot of money allocated to him, whereas now she has to apply for funding and allocate it on the basis of need. This presumably means that you are competing with people like him for the allocation of money, and that, combined with what sounds like a fairly uninformed staff, would explain why you aren't getting the help you feel you need.

    This is the impression I get. There's no disabled students allowance either; so the college (or LA) have to fund it.

    I have no idea why I can't walk out if I've got sensory overload. It's physically painful at times. Yet, I can walk out if I need the toilet?

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  • NAS11866 said:
    We were handed a leaflet on Dyslexia when he enrolled 15 months ago. He isn't Dyslexic either, but has severe problems with handwriting.It is as if they had done Dyslexia training so everyone with a problem must be Dyslexic.

    This is what they did with me when I was there 4 years ago. They argued that I was Dyslexic because my reading is poor. My reading is poor because I'm sight impaired and my impairment means that it takes far more effort to read than it does a non-visually impaired person.

    The SENCo did explain to me that when my son was at school his Statement ensured that there was a pot of money allocated to him, whereas now she has to apply for funding and allocate it on the basis of need. This presumably means that you are competing with people like him for the allocation of money, and that, combined with what sounds like a fairly uninformed staff, would explain why you aren't getting the help you feel you need.

    This is the impression I get. There's no disabled students allowance either; so the college (or LA) have to fund it.

    I have no idea why I can't walk out if I've got sensory overload. It's physically painful at times. Yet, I can walk out if I need the toilet?

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