Disability Office Appointment

[Phil Thomas]

The player has to be certified by a consultant before he get the certificate which is done by the local Authorities under the Social work act of 1968. I suspect that it will be the same for deaf people as well. I would suggest contacting the RNID in Glasgow about this.

Stevie
are you saying that a player cannot be technically disabled unless he/she has this certificate. That would then that CS (and possibly FIDE) would have to have proof of that certificate and keep a record of it similar to PVG. We would also have to know who holds this certificate and exclude anyone from disability status who doesn't. In other words use RNID or RNIB or DWS as the certifying authority. This needs to get sorted out ASAP

Steve and Ian,

2 points to bear in mind.

(1) Surely players don't need to provide a certificate to a CS filing system before having their stated impairments catered for. I quote the current version of paragraph 4 from anther thread

4 The entry form and website listing(s) should ask whether any potential competitor has an impairment that will require special circumstances. The competitor should inform the organisers about any special circumstances as soon as possible before the start of the event. The less advance notice given to the organiser, the less the competitor can expect cooperation.

Sentiment sounds right to me. Declare in advance the assistance required to get to the chess board and compete on as level a playing field as possible.

(2) You need to have a detailed look at the provisions of the data protection act - especially those applying to medical data.

Overall why should a player have to provide medical proof of disability in order to be given the assistance he thinks he requires? We are talking about CS events and independent events here - & not entry requirements for disabled championships.

I can't see much gain for anyone falsely claiming disabled status in such events.