I was diagnosed with dsylexia just after I finished uni.It is quite severe & I was told it was a miricle that I managed to finish a degree.
It took me longer than everyone I started with, as did college & sixth form,a total of 8 years & lots of getting kicked out for not doing assignments.
In high school I was in top stream 4 science,maths & everything apart from English,for which I was in the bottom group (the remidial group).
I even once told my english teacher I got my B's & D's mixed up & was told to right bed on my ruler to sort it!That was it.Was told I was intelligent but it was never diagnosed.
This educational problem still effects me today, work is still harder to get as I am older than people with the same education & this struggle cannot be seen on my CV.
As I think it has cost me at least 3 years in my carrer I do not see why I should not have some form of recompense.
Are there any known cases on this being done before?
2007-03-13 01:58:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think you should be grateful for the degree you have got and not get greedy.
2007-03-13 02:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by dabbit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that you would find it hard to allocate blame in this matter. Information on dyslexia is comparatively recent and teachers are there to teach, not to provide expert diagnoses of medical conditions. Besides, where were your parents in all this? Didn't they think of raising the matter and asking for you to be statemented by the local authority? I think that if you did bring an action, there would be so much buck-passing that no blame could be apportioned. Just be thankful that you evidently do have a good brain and are able to win through despite this problem. If it did show up on your record, do you think that this would make employers any more disposed to take you on?
2007-03-13 03:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't necessarily understand what your theory would be. Do you feel like the school had a duty to test you accurately for dyslexia and provide appropriate services at the time? That would maybe fly.
I guess my big question is how you can measure what you've lost. Okay, it's three years of slower progress than you'd have liked, but through hard work, you still made it through. Do you feel like you lost three years of earning power because school took more time? Or you had more school expenses?
2007-03-13 02:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can you sue a school for not diagnosing something like this?It would open the floodgates.People with all sorts of medical conditions or who had been victims of abuse as a child could say the schools should have been able to diagnose it by the pupils conduct or schoolwork.
2007-03-13 04:51:22 · answer #4 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are thousands of people out there who have gone undiagnosed and you dont see them trying to sue the schools. You got your degree be happy, alot of those thousands cant get a degree because thier Dyslexia. Maybe you are just using your Dyslexia as an excuse to try and earn a few quid!
2007-03-13 02:38:54 · answer #5 · answered by rose 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diagnosing dyslexia seems to have got easier in recent years, there was a time when it wasn't recognised. If it was to affect your work and you got laid off would you sue them as well? You've got your degree now get on with the rest of your life!
2007-03-13 02:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by cobymox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be better starting your own business to help, or highlight the problem for people like yourself. Surely Its more rewarding than going down the road of the compensation culture that will soon be endemic in our country?!.
2007-03-13 02:14:32 · answer #7 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give it a go. Best of luck to you. The school will probably argue that diagnosis is not part of their remit, but speak to a solicitor they may have a different view.
2007-03-13 02:14:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋