Students with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC)

Disclosure of your circumstances 

The University welcomes you and makes reasonable adjustments for all of its neurodiverse and disabled students.  Please tell us about your situation before the start of your course so that we can make you aware of the services available to you and support can be arranged.  The information that you give us will be treated with sensitivity and the service operates in compliance with the the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) see the: Student Services Privacy Notices.

The AccessAbility Team  

Disability support is co-ordinated by AccessAbility and appointments take place in the Percy Gee building and Fielding Johnson South Wing building. 

Support available:

• assistance with pre-entry discussions and visits 
• initial informal discussion of your requirements with a Study Adviser 
• assistance with accessing the Disabled Students’ Allowance (UK students) 
• appropriate alternative examination arrangements  
• assistance with setting up support workers  
• liaison, with staff in academic departments, the University’s Accommodation Office and other services where appropriate  
• liaison with University Security for access to a Safezone wearable emergency alerter (you are advised to follow this link to download the app which can be used independently of a wearable device) 
• one-to-one support sessions to discuss ongoing study issues 

Every effort will be made to provide facilities and support appropriate to you.   

Library 

The University’s library also offers various services including the White Card scheme.  White Cards are available through the Library so please contact them to discuss if you feel that you will need some extra support with using the library services. 

Email: library@leicester.ac.uk 

Accommodation 

The Accommodation office has information on its website about accommodation for undergraduate students and accommodation for postgraduate students.

Evidence of your condition 

You will be asked to provide some evidence of your health condition.  Evidence could be a letter from a medical professional involved in your care which states your condition, and the impact that it has upon you on a day-to-day basis including study activities.  Please send this evidence to accessable@le.ac.uk as soon as you can. 

Evidence supplied needs to be written in English and confirmed as an official translation if it was originally written in a different language. 

Exam arrangements 

Once we met with you to discuss your support needs, exam arrangements, if appropriate, can be put in place. Although you may have told us about your disability on your application form, you must contact us on accessable@le.ac.uk to discuss exam arrangements as they will not be in place until you have discussed them with an Adviser.  

If you would like to discuss study support available for you, please get in touch with us by email on accessable@le.ac.uk. 

We look forward to hearing from you.  

Contact details

AccessAbility is open Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm  

E-mail: accessable@le.ac.uk