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Going to university as a wheelchair user
Hi I'm the mum of a 21 year old who is a wheelchair user and when he was looking for information about going away to university, we couldn't find that much. I've put together our experience and tips as an article/blog. The link is here (hope it works, its not really website just something I put together some years back…
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Hi everyone
I have enquired about a college course that I'm interested in doing at a local college to help build my confidence and to gain some more qualifications to help towards being able to work in my local hospital. I have got an application form and a prospectus so that I can have a look at the course I'm interested in doing,…
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School appeal
hi all Back In February we got my daughters ehcp through that stated mainstream school( they said they cannot meet needs of my daughter), our preference was a specialist setting(who said they can meet needs), so we appealed have have been working with LA tribunal caseworker who after helping us get the plan to where it…
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dealing with pain at university
just a forewarning, this covers some topics that may be upsetting to people with fragile mental health, so please don’t force yourself to read. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • to start this off, let me say that i will be studying fashion design at university. this means that around 30% of my time…
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ECHP
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to start the homeschooling process. My son is being electively home-educated because I prefer this over sending him to school. However, he has autism and ADHD and sometimes has outbursts of violence. I'm wondering if homeschooling would be helpful for him. He loves…
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Hi, my name is kat. is there is any known support for funding homeschooling?
Hi my name is kat. I have a child with disabilities, we had to take on homeschooling and wondered if there is any known support for funding at all as I need a tutor as I am struggling with doing it on my own due to disabilities I have myself.
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Discrimination? Need some advice
my son has severe adhd/ autism, and suffers with ticks, he is in alternative provision education as mainstream cannot meet his needs. he has recently been getting bullied but school have sorted that really quickly, they have removed the bully and now my child is back in school, with the stress of last week, my son has…
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Hi, my name is onurcandoit! looking for higher education opportunities
I am graduated from İstanbul Technical University. I have mental disease. I am looking for higher education opportunities
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Special Support Element - Student Finance
Hi, looking for help with entitlement to Special Support Element of Maintenance Loan for Uni please. DD is starting Uni in September and I've applied for her Student Finance. As part of the application it asked if she was entitled to PIP (which she is). A couple of days later they sent us her approved Maintenance Loan…
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Special Support Loan - University
When applying for student finance, to start uni this september it asked for evidence I received PIP for the special support loan. I provided this and it says my evidence has been approved. But I have no clue what the special support loan is. Google just tells me the eligibility which I am , but what does it actually do
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College - EHCP Cease to Maintain
Hello Can anyone please tell me whether the LA can just cease to maintain a EHCP after an annual review simply because my daughter isn’t able to progress onto level 3. She currently is completing her level 2 in Health & Social Care and apparently the college will somehow find a way to give her a pass in level 2 yet they…
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Hi, my name is debm! paid for course, it was very abliest, I ended up not qualifying.
I'm seeking any advice from anyone who has paid for a course and found out while un it was very abliest and had impacted on your performance and ended up not qualifying as this is what happened to me I am a late assessment neurodiverse older female
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Appeal against educational placement- EHCP
Hi, new here. I have CP and ADHD and my 11 year old son also has CP, learning difficulties and (in my view) traits of ASD. Educated in mainstream primary school and from day one I’ve had to fight to get every bit of additional support for my son. I initiated an EHCP referral whilst my son was in the spring term of Year 4…
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Becoming A Student
Hello, Registered disabled get High Rate P.I.P and ESA I'm looking at doing a part time UNI course as I wouldn't cope with a full time course, I am just wondering if this will effect my housing benefit claim it's all too technical online so don't understand it very well. Thanks
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Going back to uni after 3 years out due to my disability
Hi everyone :) I've been out of uni for 3 years due to my disability aka my chronic illness, which I got 4 years ago. I made the tough decision 3 years ago to take a break from uni, hoping I'd go back soon, but it hasn't worked out that way and now I'm on my final year I can intermit my studies (because of their policy-…
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Ed psyche parental involvement
If a local authority education psychologist has been requested by the school to assess my child, do I have the right to speak with ED aswell as the school ? I find it odd I haven’t been allowed to as he’s my child and I can provide a bigger picture of him to add to that the school has given.
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Operating System related
Last day we study about the kernal in operating system. but I don't understand this topic I want to discuss kernal in detail. like What is kernal and how it works ,who can use this. Can you share your knowledge about kernal form different prospective ?
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Further education loans/grants for adults on PiP & UC
Hi, I gave up studying for my Tea Masters because I became disabled. At the time I was working full time and just got a £5000 loan to cover my course fees. However I now cannot work and the £5000 went towards supplementing my income while I was on sick leave for almost a whole year. Im becoming depressed at home and in…
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Return to uni - LWRCA and PIP
My daughter would like to return to uni and complete her third year. She took a year out due to her mental health and has been receiving UC, PIP and LWRCA since January. She will receive a basic student maintenance loan as she will remain living at home, but will she lose all her other benefits? There is a chance she won’t…
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Hi, my name is lana14! My son with EHCP wants to attend his first choice school, any advice?
Hi everyone iam new here . My question is my son has ehcplan and refusing to go to his current school and he only wanted to go his first choice School where all friends are. But his first choice school saying they are full but my son has school anxiety and his current school are very rude and promising one thing but…
