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Disability Advisory Service

Advice and guidance so all students can participate fully in University life.

The University of Reading welcomes disabled students and has a dedicated Disability Advisory Service. The service offers advice and guidance to students with any disability, mental health condition, or specific learning difficulty (SpLD).

If you have not yet told the University about your disability, or have not disclosed it on your application, you can discuss the implications of a disclosure in complete confidence, with one of our disability advisers.

We offer support, advice and guidance with:
  • physical disabilities e.g. mobility
  • sensory disabilities e.g. visual impairments
  • mental health difficulties e.g. anxiety
  • medical conditions e.g. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, diabetes
  • autism/Asperger Syndrome
  • SpLDs e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia 
DAS may be able to assist in study related support in the following ways:
  • Disability Advisory Service (DAS) may assess the impact of your disability  on your studies and recommend any reasonable adjustments required
  • Provide information on funding for study support, including the Disabled Students Allowance and how to apply.
  • Liaise with your Department/Schools/Hubs including Senior Tutors and Disability Representative on reasonable adjustments, including extensions to deadlines and alternative modes of assessment where appropriate.
  • Flag students (with permission) in order that tutors are made aware of individual requirements.
  • The Disability Advisory Service can provide assistance on arranging non- medical helpers e.g. one to one support arrangements such as mentors and specialist study skills. (Please note it may be worth looking at the below links for further information which may be useful for you when researching the support which may be available to you.)
  • Liaising with the exams office re special exam arrangements
  • Referral and signposting to other services
If you would like further advice on any of the above, please contact the Disability Advisory Service or visit the following below websites. Please be aware that the University of Reading is not responsible for the content of the non-University websites listed below.
  • Disabled Student Allowances information
  • Applying for direct payments
  • Community Mental Health teams
See more resources we have put together to help you:
  • Find out more about NMH (non-medical helpers)
  • Social services support
  • How to appeal your non-medical support assessment if you feel it does not meet your needs

Read more Disability information

Contact details Disability Advisory Service

  • Telephone: 0118 378 4202 (between 10:00 and 16:00)
  • Email: disability@reading.ac.uk
  • We are based in the Carrington Building at Whiteknights Campus. The Disability Advisory Service is primarily offering remote appointments through Teams video call or phone call. Face to face appointments can be arranged if needed. If you would like to discuss having an appointment, please contact us using the details above. 
  • Online Registration form - To log in to the RISIS Portal, please use your University username and password, plus your RISIS security password

Disability

- What counts as a disability?
- Before you arrive
- Disability Advisory Service
- Funding support
- Mental Health
- Autism & Asperger's Syndrome
- Physical Disabilities
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Other Support

Useful guides

  • DAS Guide - Disabled Students' Allowances 
  • DAS Guide - Support for Dyslexic/SpLD Students'
  • DAS Guide - Support for Disabled Students 

Useful forms and documents

  • Accommodation Support information
  • Accommodation Support application form
  • Assessment for dyslexia podcast
  • Assessment for specific learning difficulties information
  • Autism and Aspergers information
  • Disabled Students' Allowance information
  • Disabled Students' Allowance application process
  • Appeal your non-medical help support
  • Appeal your SFE funded non-medical help support
  • Access support for independent living/personal care
  • Charitable Status
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Terms of use

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