If you have not already told us about your condition please complete the secure online ‘“Tell Us About Your Disability and/or Long-Term Health Condition” pathway on the Student Support Portal.

You can use this pathway to give us some idea about the sort of support and adjustment you might need at university. Completing this does not guarantee the support, but it can help letting us know what you think you might need so we can discuss this further.

You need to provide evidence of your disability or medical condition if you have not already done so. The pathway allows the upload of evidence in suitable format such as document, pdf or picture format (jpg etc)). Evidence can also be sent via email (to disabilitydyslexia@chi.ac.uk) or via post.

Acceptable evidence of a disability or medical condition would be a letter from your GP, the consultant involved in your case, or any other health professional who is involved in your treatment. The letter should give details of the nature of your condition and how it might be likely to affect you on your studies. This information will then allow us to consider the support you are requesting. This also helps us to consider whether there are any further support issues.

Any information you send us is treated as confidential and will not be released to any other part of the University without your explicit consent.

If you have difficulty accessing and/or completing the online pathway, please contact the Disability and Dyslexia Service directly on disabilitydyslexia@chi.ac.uk who will send you the form in document format.

After you submit the form and supporting evidence we will contact you with details of what support we feel we may be able to offer. We may also invite you in to meet with a Disability Adviser if appropriate.

For information about the Disabled Students’ Allowances please see our web page on Financial Support and the Disabled Students’ Allowances.

Some courses will require all applicants to complete a declaration of health. For example, for Teacher Training Courses (QTS) The Training and Development Agency (TDA) regulations require a declaration of health to assess your general health and fitness to teach. Applicants to Social Work are required to make a similar health declaration. A disability is rarely regarded as a barrier to teaching.

• Disability and Dyslexia Service: 01243 812076 or disabilitydyslexia@chi.ac.uk
• Mental Health Adviser: 01243 816402 or Wellbeing@chi.ac.uk
• Health Centre (term time only): 01243 816111 or studenthealth@chi.ac.uk

For many students who have received support or adjustments at college the transition to university can be confusing, not least because the language and terminology used about Special Educational Needs (SEND), disability and support is very different. Take a look at this guide which helps to explain these differences in language and terminology so that you can understand what you need to do to access the support and adjustments you need at university: Disability at University: A glossary of terms.