Disabled students
If you have a physical disability, sensory impairment, mental health issue, chronic medical condition or specific learning difficulty (for example dyslexia), which you feel may affect your ability to study effectively, our Disability Support Service is here to assist you.
The Disability Service ensures equality of access to all university services
Who do we help?
We want to ensure equality of access to our services. To help achieve this we work on a broad definition of disability. If you have an issue that comes under one of these categories then we should be able to help you:
- Specific learning difficulty – for example, dyslexia
- Visual impairment – if you are partially sighted or blind
- Hearing loss – if you are partial hearing or profoundly deaf
- Mobility difficulties – for example, if you use a wheelchair
- Restricted use of upper limbs (this includes repetitive strain injury -RSI)
- Mental health
- Other conditions that are not necessarily apparent – for example epilepsy, sickle cell anaemia, HIV/AIDS
We have devised this list as a guide and it is not exhaustive. If you feel that you have a condition that will affect your ability to study effectively even if it is not listed above the Support Service would like to hear from you.
The Disability Support Service
Our service includes:
- Advice on course-related study needs
- Undertaking assessments for students applying for the Disabled Students Allowance
- Arranging special provision during examinations (e.g. note-takers)
- Liaising with tutors and funding authorities
If you are preparing to apply to Middlesex and would like to discuss your needs, then please do contact the service:
Tel: 020 8411 4945
Email: disability@mdx.ac.uk
Fax: (020) 8411 6237
Confidentiality
Your details will remain confidential and will only be disclosed to other Middlesex staff with your express permission.
Disabled Students' Allowance
Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) is a grant available to students that can provide extra financial help if you have a disability, ongoing health condition, mental health condition or a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.
It is available to students on a full-time or part-time (at least 50 per cent of a full-time) higher education course. You apply for the Disabled Students' Allowances through your funding body. The Disability Support Service will assist you in this application. Alternatively, students and prospective students can apply, or find out more, on the Directgov site here.
