Is my daughter experiencing disability discrimination at university?
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My daughter was is in 3rd year of nursing at university and failed her drug calculations exam 3 times due to black print on white paper. She's been asked to leave the course. She's appealing against this decision as previously all her work has been provided on yellow paper and she was supplied with a laptop with yellow coloured overlay. Is this now discrimination by the university
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It sounds like they've totally screwed it up!
Did you have an official arrangement with the University student support to have yellow paper or was that coincidence?
Either way, get in touch with student suport as soon as you and your daughter can (Google the uni she is in and 'student support')
If you haven't already got arrangements with them collect evidence of your daughter's needs and any diagnostic proof etc while you wait to see them.
It might be tricky to do it after the fact but it may be possible to resit with the conditions ypur daughter needs to make it fair for her.
If you already had these arrangements put in place then unfortunately they have made a mistake.
Do get support from:
Your daughter's student union
The university Disabled student support etc
Google 'disabled student support' and several sources of support will come up.
Has she applied for Disabled Student Allowance? It's been a while since I've been in this field... But have a look into that.
I found this while go ogling :
https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/helplines/disabled-students-helpline
All is not lost.
It is not in the university's interest to let your daughter fail and certainly heads will roll if she failed because of arrangements not being put in place by uni.
Hope even a tiny bit of that helps, might be worth calling the Scope helpline too even if just to signpost you.
I was a disabled student and found a lady in disabled student support and she became my advocate. She helped me get funding for a laptop and stuff to help but also arrangements for exams. I had one where it was tricky . . And she fought my case. So get some help
So worrying for you both sorry it's been like that after such a lot of success in that course. . But I do think there is lots of hope.
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She was given the laptop and overlay by disability same as you and had an agreement with the uni about her work being on yellow paper..in hindsight she regrets not mentioning the yellow paper at the exam so the student union rep is saying there is a procedural error and the uni got her to sign a form to discontinue her nursing course. She has a meeting next week with the head of nursing because she has started the appeal process
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Special glasses with tints I work in health care and there is no discrimination ....that is illegal..the university knew all about her irlen syndrome when she was accepted
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She's got a meeting with head of nursing and is being represented by the student union. I am absolutely frustrated at not being able to go with her...She is a caring nurse and has passed all her competencies and has excellent mentor feedback..
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I will ask her to find out thanks
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