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Help for Higher Education
Students
University Disability
Officers offer specialist advice about all aspects of
support. Contact Student Services for an
appointment.
Disabled Students Allowance (DSA).
Dyslexic students in Higher Education, who have been assessed
as dyslexic, can apply to Student Finance England (SFE) or
their Local Education Authority (LEA) for a DSA.
Students should contact the SFE or LEA for
Form DSA1.
You will need post 16 evidence of dyslexia
from a qualified chartered educational psychologist or a
specialist SpLD teacher with suitable qualifications.
Most funding authorities now require students
to complete a DSA1 form in order to apply for this Disabled
Student Allowance. This is available from the website, www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
The quickest way to apply is for the student
to download the form, complete it and send it to their funding
authority with a copy of an up to date psychology report.
Funding authorities will send out a form but often take 28
days to do so.
If you are eligible for a DSA, you can go to
an ACCESS Centre, which can assess the needs of disabled
students, including ICT. Wessex Needs Assessment Centre can
offer more advice: Tel 02380 597233, email: wessexdsa@soton.ac.uk
The DSA can provide a
once only equipment system, such as a PC and recorder,
hardware and appropriate software. An annual non-medical
helper's allowance, which can include funding for ICT
training, study skills support and an annual general allowance
for books etc may be recommended. See Bridging the Gap,
below, for full details of
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