The Disability Team offers a free, confidential service to all Thames Valley University students and prospective students who have a disability, specific learning difficulty or long term medical condition.

While studying, you may have needs that the Disability Team are able to support you with.

Among others, these might include:

• Arthritis, Epilepsy or Diabetes
• Autistic Spectrum disorders
• Dyslexia/Dyspraxia
• Vision/speech/hearing impairments
• Mental Health difficulties
• Mobility/Physical impairments
• Sickle cell anaemia
• Chronic fatigue syndrome

What does the Disability Team do?

• Welcomes all enquiries from students and staff about disabilities at TVU
• Develops and assists the implementation of TVU's policies and procedures for disabled students
• Works with all departments and services in the University to improve the access and services for disabled students

Advice to students

The team can help you to:

• disclose your disability to members of staff
• set up disability support, for example, arrange for a note-taker in classes
• set up alternative examination provision
• apply for Disabled Students Allowance and other funding sources
• arrange an assessment for dyslexia with an Educational Psychologist
• set up study skills tuition if you have a specific learning difficulty.

The Disability Team also has a small supply of loan equipment available for use by disabled students.

Individual support plans

In consultation with the student, the Disability Team draws up an Individual Support Plan (ISP), which is a summary of support that you can expect from the University. The Plan belongs to you and with your permission will be passed to your Programme Leader.