DDA - are uni obiliged to do something?

bestpud

dmg24 wrote: »

Clearly you can't remember what you posted!



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:

Maybe they could take it in turns to carry the laptop? :rotfl:

dmg24

sh1305 wrote: »

Forensic Computing at Middlesex uni.

Oh my days, you're at the same university!

And they've put me in totally unsuitable accommodation. (Ivy Hall standard - have bowel problems and can't travel on public transport in strange places)

I have been told my only option is to talk to disability support and wait for someone to cancel their accommodation.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=918430

I wonder if Titch89 made it on to the course?

One of the questions is 'what do I want to study?' Now, I'm thinking of either doing computer science or forensic computing. How do I say I'm interested in doing oneof the other without making it sounding like I'm clueless as to what I really want to do, and just picking random subjects that sound interesting?

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=648913

Titch, please stop telling lies!

bestpud

Looks like you're gonna have to manage with the laptop, OP.

Suppose you could try a few more forums, just in case someone can come up with an obscure ruling which allows you a personal car and chauffeur, and a butler to carry your laptop. :rolleyes:

You may want to let people know you have memory problems too...

mumps

MrsManda wrote: »

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.

She did explain about paying for the laptop "The only reason why I have a laptop through DSA is because I find them much easier to use than a PC and my parents paid the £50 for the upgrade."

I think it is hard to judge how much of a problem carrying the laptop round is unless you know all the details. Any mobility problems? How far does it have to be carried? Could live on campus or could have long walk to bus and then long walk from the bus. How timetable works e.g. two classes only minutes apart with a long walk between. My DS once had two classes one due to start as the other one ended at opposite ends of the campus. It was a 15 walk, he used to borrow a friends bike, was first out the door at the end of one class and then cycled like mad to the next lecture but was always late.

I can't see why it would be difficult for the university to ensure there is one large monitor in each room. In fact it would seem unreasonable for them not to do it in my opinion.

ETA Is it just me or are some people being rather harsh to a student with health problems. Seems a bit extreme to go stalking them round the internet just to prove a point. This isn't directed at Mrs Manda by the way.

Indie_Kid

MrsManda wrote: »

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.

They awarded me a computer; but I was told that if I wanted a laptop, I could do; but have to pay around £50 for the upgrade from desktop to laptop.

Any mobility problems?

Not as such, no. I am physically capable of walking; but do have minor back and neck problems.

Could live on campus or could have long walk to bus and then long walk from the bus.

I don't live on campus - it's a bus and then a ten minute walk.

How timetable works e.g. two classes only minutes apart with a long walk between.

My timetable means that I have at least an half hour break in between classes - sometimes longer.

MrsManda

mumps wrote: »

I can't see why it would be difficult for the university to ensure there is one large monitor in each room. In fact it would seem unreasonable for them not to do it in my opinion.

This is why I asked whether the OP had asked her personal tutor/university to ensure there is a large monitor for her to use in the computer rooms where she is scheduled to have lectures and they'd refused - something which would require a reasonable explaination of why they couldn't do this. Or she hadn't asked in which case it's harsh to say that her university aren't supporting her as they can't be expected to be mind readers.

robpw2

the disabled students allowance is there to afford you the items you need to carry out your course as if you were not disabled so i think you wither have to use the laptop or speak to your advisor who carried out your study needs assesment to see if they are willing to pay for a monitor that you can take to lectures you need

Indie_Kid

MrsManda wrote: »

This is why I asked whether the OP had asked her personal tutor/university to ensure there is a large monitor for her to use in the computer rooms where she is scheduled to have lectures and they'd refused - something which would require a reasonable explaination of why they couldn't do this. Or she hadn't asked in which case it's harsh to say that her university aren't supporting her as they can't be expected to be mind readers.

My head of programme is aware of the problem.

Disability support are quite useless.

MrsManda

sh1305 wrote: »

My head of programme is aware of the problem.
Disability support are quite useless.

By aware do you mean that you've emailed him or have you discussed it in terms of an action plan? For my degree programme, any issues like this would require the student to make an appointment with their personal/year tutor to talk about the issue and make a suggestion of how the issue can be solved. If that suggestion meets your personal tutor's approval they'll back you up as you progress to carry it out. In my case, I missed a lot of work due to illness so I provided evidence to my personal tutor, said I was going to contact the course organisers for each of my modules and discuss with them how I intended to catch up. My tutor agreed, and asked to be copied in on the emails so she could back me up if required.
In your case you could suggest to your personal tutor that you want to contact your module organisers to confirm that if there was a large screen monitor in each of the computer rooms you had lectures in they'd make sure you could use it. Then once you've got the confirmation from your course organisers and the back up from your personal tutor you could contact I.T. helpdesk and ask them to arrange it.

University is more like work than school, you are expected to work out solutions to your problems then request the help you need in order to carry those solutions out. You're likely to find your lecturers are much more inclined to help you when you are clearly trying to help yourself and are having independent thought rather expecting everyone to do it for you. Good luck

Taiko

It's Titch89, I had the same issue when moderating on The Student Room. Didn't like the answer, so kept posting new threads.

IP checks revealed all!