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Further education colleges get money from their funding body to provide support

Further education colleges get money from their funding body to provide support

  • Specialist equipment, such as a voice-activated computer
  • Sign-language interpreters
  • Tape or digital recorder for lectures and notes
  • Extra tutorial help
  • Changing the height of desks
  • Allowing you extra time to complete essays or exams
  • Providing handouts on different colour paper, or in a larger font
  • Transport to and from college

What is considered reasonable depends on each individual case. You can get more suggestions on possible adjustments by reading our Factsheet F11 – adjustments for disabled students.

You should be able to have a confidential discussion with the staff member responsible for disability, usually called the additional learning support adviser or disability adviser. They should Roland payday loan and cash advance arrange for a needs assessment a face-to-face meeting with a trained assessor who understands about your disability.

If you have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan, with your permission your school/careers adviser will pass on information about your support needs to the college.

This is usually called Learning Support. If you’re aged 19-24 and have very high support needs, you’ll likely to have an EHC plan and will get individual funding from your local authority. If not, the college can apply for extra money called Exceptional Learning Support.

In higher education, you can apply for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs). DSAs are for extra costs you have on your course because of your disability. They are divided into four categories: specialist equipment, non-medical helper, general expenditure and travel. You can get more information on DSAs from our Factsheet F18 – applying for disabled students’ allowances.

In England the Local Authority (LA) must publish a transport policy statement each year which sets out the travel arrangements available to all young learners aged 16 to 19 to participate in education.