[access-uk] Re: Request regarding DSA
- From: "Barry G" <lister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:14:06 +0100
Hi Mike, I'm a DSA assessor at Southampton University's Wessex Needs Assessment
Centre and have recommended this item in the past, but that was before SFE took
over the world. Your course website or handbook should give some sort of
breakdown of the hours expected for private study and you can cite that in your
case, and the assignment marking schemes include an element for evidence of
wider reading than the handouts and the core booklist, again an element for
your case - bearing in mind that you would be "placed at a significant
disadvantage against your peers" if denied access to private study material -
ultimately, if your assignment marks are lower, so will your degree
classification.
You might also like to argue that the alternative is to have a sighted support
worker to describe material to you at a cost of somewhere between £15 and 25
per hour to SFE - if you cost that out at say 2 hours/week over a 30-week
academic year x the 3 or four years of[ your course and then add the other two
arguments...
As for the argument that the university should do all that is reasonable to put
material in accessible format, that is certainly true, but they can't put the
entire library in that format unfortunately, and you need to be able to follow
ideas and avenues as your research develops, waiting for someone to
transcribe/transform it destroys your freedom to follow those thoughts, and
they aren't that expensive in the scheme of things.
The main weakness in your case would be if you have been provided with some
other piece of kit that could be argued to be capable of representing graphical
information. My final point would be, your DSA needs assessor should be making
this case to SFE for you if they are satisfied that you need the kit!
All the best,
Barry G
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Moore
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 4:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Request regarding DSA
Hello,
I hope this is within the boundary's of the list:
I am requesting a Zychem fuser to give tactile representations of graphs,
which I create. DSA are saying that it does not fall within their requirements
of supply, and it is the responsibility of the University to provide all class
material and handouts in a format I can access.
My argument is that this is for my independant work at home and has in effect
nothing to do with the University's duty to provide other materials.
Can anyone advise please?
Thanks,
Mike
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