Support for Learners with Disabilities

Disabled learners include those who experience disabilities (physical disabilities, visual/hearing impairment), learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia, ADHD), long-term health conditions (epilepsy, chronic fatigue), and mental health conditions.

Please find below information to help support your journey into higher education.

This information was last updated in August 2021.

 

disability support table

Additional Resources

GM Higher Disabled Learner Consultation 2020 – surveyed current higher education students with disabilities to reflect on their pre-entry knowledge of HE disability support:

gmhigher.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Disabled-learner-consultation.pdf

Gov.uk – Information on Disabled Student’s Allowance:

https://www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowances-dsas

UCAS – Specific Information, Advice and Guidance for disabled learners thinking about higher education:

ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/individual-needs/disabled-students

Considerations for disabled applicants to higher or degree apprenticeships – Published by Advance HE on behalf of the Disabled Students’ Commission, this publications offers guidance to disabled students apply for a higher or degree apprenticeship in the UK:

advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/considerations-disabled-applicants-higher-or-degree-apprenticeships

 

 

Disability Rights UK – impartial information and guidance for disabled students in relation to HE:

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/benefits-information/factsheets/education-factsheets

Student Space- Collaborative mental health programme to support students through the unique circumstances created by the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.studentminds.org.uk/studentspacefaqs.html

Association of Dyslexia Specialists in Higher Education (ADSHE) 2021 Student Guide- Guide for prospective dyslexia students planning to start university.

drive.google.com/file/d/1KW5P_8I2ilsnOw7raBQg0MlmGlfm5dBv/view