DDA - are uni obiliged to do something?

meltdown_point

sh1305 wrote: »

I am partially sighted and am on a computer course - this obviously means I have to spend a lot of time of the computer.

About 3-4 months before I got my results, I emailed the head of department and asked if all the computers in the uni were widescreen (17" plus) and he said yes. Print this email off and take it to the students union and to the welfare administrator!

One of the rooms only has computers which are 15" - the only way I can see the screen is to set it to the lowest resolution; but that means I lose half of my page.

I do have a laptop (17.3") provided by DSA - but I don't see why I have to bring my laptop in when no-one has to and getting wireless is difficult. (my laptop is wireless - I think it's their end)

Do uni (under DDA) have to provide larger monitors? The silly thing is, it depends what toom I'm in - one just has 22" monitors and one of the others just has 15" monitors.

I would be nearly 100% sure that because DSA (im assuming this is for education purposes) provided you with a laptop, the Uni have fulfilled their obligation to you under the DDA....can you request that one of the 22" monitors be available in the rooms you use? Take one of the 15" monitors to replace the 22" one that you may need??:rolleyes: I would put that to the uni staff! maybe ask for a usb internet connection dongle for your laptop as wifi is so difficult!!

dmg24

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Reading through your post history, I see that your sight problem is nystagmus, which is unusual enough to make me sure I'm right.
It was your questions about large screen laptops/monitors that you have asked several times before. I'm sure someone else will remember your previous usernames - anyway, welcome back!

Titch89

Oldernotwiser

dmg24 wrote: »

Titch89

AKA Pinkeyes.:D

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Reading through your post history, I see that your sight problem is nystagmus, which is unusual enough to make me sure I'm right.
It was your questions about large screen laptops/monitors that you have asked several times before. I'm sure someone else will remember your previous usernames - anyway, welcome back!

Yeah, because Nystagmus is some sort of ultra rare condition that no-one else has.:rolleyes:

I would be nearly 100% sure that because DSA (im assuming this is for education purposes) provided you with a laptop, the Uni have fulfilled their obligation to you under the DDA

But I HAD (or my parents, rather) to pay for it. And like I've said before, I don't see why I've got to carry that round with me all day (which will be the case after Christmas; due to timetable changes) when it's so heavy and and able bodied person doesn't have to carry that around with them.

zzzLazyDaisy

sh1305 wrote: »

But I HAD (or my parents, rather) to pay for it. And like I've said before, I don't see why I've got to carry that round with me all day (which will be the case after Christmas; due to timetable changes) when it's so heavy and and able bodied person doesn't have to carry that around with them.

See the thing is....

You asked a question

People answered it

You don't like the answers

Maybe the people who responded were wrong

But arguing with some nameless, faceless people on an internet forum is not going to solve your problem is it? Only YOU can do that. You need to contract the Disability Officer at the uni and/or the IT department and/or your personal tutor. In person (preferably face to face, but at the very least by phone) and get something done. Stomping your feet and saying 'I'm disabled, I have rights' is not going to solve your problem.

I am sorry if this sounds harsh, I am disabled and I do understand how hard and frustrating it can be to be disadvantaged by a disability. But I also know from my own experience that you have to manage your life around your condition, and that means actively seeking solutions if you wish to overcome the obstacles.

olly300

dmg24 wrote: »

Titch89

Who posted this thread -
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1071589&highlight=

Indie_Kid

I am almost blind in one eye - reading through Titch's post history; they are not.

bestpud

sh1305 wrote: »

I am almost blind in one eye - reading through Titch's post history; they are not.

Or haven't said they are in the threads that have survived!

Titch had many threads deleted.

MrsManda

sh1305 wrote: »

But I HAD (or my parents, rather) to pay for it. And like I've said before, I don't see why I've got to carry that round with me all day (which will be the case after Christmas; due to timetable changes) when it's so heavy and and able bodied person doesn't have to carry that around with them.

If you had to pay for it then you can't have got it through DSA - if your DSA assessment stated you needed a laptop with a specific sized screen then your LEA would have provided you with one. In order to decline to pay for equipment recommended by a DSA assessment the LEA have to have VERY good reason and as far as I am aware this is incredibly rare. The point of getting a laptop IS to be able to carry it around with you, otherwise they'd have given you a desktop (which is much cheaper).
However even taking this into consideration I don't really see what the problem is. Have you spoken to your personal tutor/disability officer and requested that you have access to a suitable sized monitor in the classrooms you are timetabled to have lessons in? Have you been refused or just not asked?
Why have you not requested help in connecting your laptop to the university network?
If you don't carry your laptop around, why do you think you were given one? The point of DSA is to ensure you get the equipment required so that you are not disadvantaged. As for 'everyone' needing a computer/laptop to do their work on, most people don't get it paid for them by the LEA and many people I know cannot afford a computer so do all their work on the university computers.

dmg24

sh1305 wrote: »

I am almost blind in one eye - reading through Titch's post history; they are not.

Clearly you can't remember what you posted!

Because technically, if I can read a bit of the smellen test, then I can legally drive. Whether I'm safe enough to do so, is another matter. As for being almost blind - with no glasses, in my good eye, I only have a quarter vision left and in the other one, I have less than 80%.

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Interestingly earlier I read most of your posting history and deduced the following: you apparently have depression, eczema, IBS, a wheat intolerance, nystagmus, photophobia, a squint (though you are "borderline for being able to drive" and "practically blind" whenever that nasty word "work" is mentioned)... and on your own admission you have a tendency to lie...


What's your point? Has it occured to you that I've been given really strong lenses?

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Need I say more?! :rolleyes:

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has it occured to you that I mean other stuff, where lying is really the only option?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=12891629&highlight=one+eye#post12891629

Interesting that Titch89 also has IBS!

Remind us which university you are at? We could arrange for you to meet each other! :rotfl: