Dyslexia: Disabled Students’ Allowance Debate

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Dyslexia: Disabled Students’ Allowance

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Overseas Aid and Defence Expenditure
Monday 13th November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

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Lord Agnew of Oulton Portrait Lord Agnew of Oulton
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I think that that is very likely.

Lord Watts Portrait Lord Watts (Lab)
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My Lords, the Minister says that these people have already had assessments and have been proven to have a condition. That condition does not change when they go to university. Can he explain why they are being treated differently from other groups?

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As I previously mentioned, the view was that adults’ needs change: an initial diagnosis in childhood may not apply in adulthood.

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