Disability Support

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Disability Support
Study Support Student Services 0845 196
6700/6701 studysupport_at_anglia.ac.uk
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Disability Support

• What counts as a disability? Come and find out
  about support available and who qualifies.

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• Eligible conditions
• Autism/Aspergers
• Specific Learning Difficulties dyslexia,
  dyspraxia, pragmatic semantic disorder
• Unseen conditions - heart conditions, epilepsy,
  cancer, ME, CFS, MS etc
• Sensory impairments
• Mental health conditions
• Mobility

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• Equality Act 2010 definition
• A physical or mental impairment which has
  substantial and long-term adverse effect on
  ability to carry out normal day-to-day
  activities.

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• Personal Care - washing, dressing, eating,
  cooking, shopping
• Funded by your local Social Services

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• Areas of study that might be affected
• Taking notes in lectures and seminars or when
  researching
• Concentration
• Composition
• Proof reading
• Time management
• Exams
• Mobility
• Communication and social interaction

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• Role of Study Support Adviser
• screening for dyslexia and arranging for
  dyslexia assessments with educational
  psychologist
• assessing, supporting and monitoring support for
  disabled students
• mentoring
• helping with funding applications
• writing summary of reasonable adjustments
• organising individual exam arrangements

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• Reasonable adjustments
• Exam arrangements
• policy document http//web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/stud
  ent_services/study_support/policies_procedures.pht
  ml
• Adaptations to buildings
• Core reading material in alternative formats
• policy document http//web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/stud
  ent_services/study_support/policies_procedures.pht
  ml
• Rooming/timetabling
• Extensions to submission deadlines

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• Study support
• Website with information and guides
  http//web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/student_services/stud
  y_support/index.phtml
• Drop in sessions 1to1
• Workshops Write it Right Weds x 5 Oct then Thu
  x 5 from 15 Nov 2.00 - 3.00
• Skills _at_ Uni

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• Funding
• Disabled Students Allowance funded by Student
  Finance England or NHS Bursaries
  (nursing/midwifery)
• Note takers, facilitators, mentors
• Equipment
• General allowance
• Transport for those who cannot use public
  transport

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• Charities for disability support
• Snowdon  - closing date 31 May, max 500
• BAHSHE - British Association of Healthcare
  Services for Students in Higher Education
  deadlines 1st March, 1st June, 1st Nov, max 500
       
• Charlie Bayne Travel Trust -  deadline end of
  May, max 500

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• Charities for general financial support
• International students - see UK Council for
  International Affairs website
• embassies
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland - for
  international students facing financial hardship
  in final months of course
• British Nationals or asylum seekers, refugees,
  or those with leave to remain - Family Action -
  has online search form
• Those from developing world over 35 years old and
  in final 6 months of PhD course - The Leche Trust