Disabled student had to pay for specialist university bed
A student with cerebral palsy had to pay for her own specialist equipment to allow her to attend university after her local authority refused.
The 20-year-old, who needs a carer 24/7 along with a "few pieces of equipment", is studying a foundation year at Reading in Berkshire with a view to going to medical school.Ms Stevens said 10 days before she was supposed to be moving she received an email that said the equipment she needed was being refused because it was "out of delivery and servicing area"."I felt like I'd moved to a different country, when in fact I'd only gone 13 miles down the road.
Ms Stevens was able to buy the the items she needed with savings, but said it had been a fight to get the money back. "Able-bodied people aren't restricted on where they can go, so why are disabled people restricted on where they can go, it's just not fair," she said.