Disability Discrimination in school

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My nephew has Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) and is having problems at school, we think it's disability discrimination but he's 9 so just thinks everyone is getting at him

He's being prevented from removing his jumper, stopped from drinking and the special chair he has is parked outside the classroom.

Are we right and what can we do about it? We don't have much faith in the school as he has had problems with them and his disabilities (he has a syndrome so other things affecting him too) so just going to the school may not be enough.

Does he live with you or are you acting on behalf of his parents in dealing with the school?

^ He's being prevented from removing his jumper, stopped from drinking and the special chair he has is parked outside the classroom. ^

This sounds unjustifiable. And unless there are some strong mitigating factors you haven't mentioned, is clearly discrimination and basically being really cruel. But maybe it needs putting in context?

In what way is he stopped from drinking? Stopped compared to other children? Or does he have a need for drink beyond the normal and is being limited to the norm? Both are wrong but the latter could come from ignorance.

Call a meeting with the Head asap. Do you have a medical report which sets out clearly what he needs?

I'm just the one that everyone turns to to look things up. I was with him yesterday and he was so down from it, he's normally the cheeky chappy type but he hardly smiled so I want to do something for him.

He must have some sort of assessment the school have access to to have a special chair. I'll check with Mum tomorrow what happened each time. I'm assuming the drink is beyond what they normally have.

If his mum arranges a meeting with the Head she could take you along as well to support her.
If it's not clear in the medical reports exactly what he needs then his Mum could ask his GP to recommend it perhaps?

His mum won't need support, she needs someone to hold her back usually lol

there's 5 of them gone through that school, 3 still there but only 1 secondary age, and three with health problems. The one who has gone to another school has autism type problems, he doesn't need a special school but he's been treated so badly that he's ended up in a centre. The youngest is having similar trouble. The 9 year old has multiple health problems that they've been difficult over, grr was in nappies for a long time because he has no sphincter and he's had am operation to basically stop him from pooing so he didn't have the problems it was causing at school not just the kids, you'd understand that but they weren't supportive either with dealing with the kids or in general. I don't know why they're still say that school tbh but they shouldn't have to move from their local school because of disability discrimination.

I've just had a chat with Mum, she said that he wanted to take his sweater off because he was hot and sweating and was told no it's part of school uniform and can't be removed. He asked for water because he was feeling the affects of being hot/ sweaty and was told no. The chair isn't to do with the hyperhidrosis, that's because he has a problem with his bottom (he was born without one) and it hurts him to sit in normal chairs. The SENCO approached his mum and asked if he had a problem with his bottom as he never sits still so she arranged for it but it's been sat outside the classroom all term.

You don't want to know what his autistic brother went through today, lets just say that hopefully there's been a call to the police because the teacher really doesn't want to be at school Monday! No, I don't know why they still send their children to that school.

Definitely sounds like disability discrimination to me. If it isn't sorted soon it could be worth talking to a solicitor.

I've messaged hyperhidrosis UK tonight to see if they can help.