Students who are blind or have a visual impairment

AccessAbility offers students who are blind or have a visual impairment:

• assistance with pre-entry discussions and visits
• initial informal assessment of your requirements
• organising examination arrangements
• assistance with applying for the Disabled Students’ Allowance  and with the ordering of equipment (this is not applicable to international students)
• one-to-one study support sessions
• assistance with Brailling course materials via an agency
• reliable volunteer readers trained according to RNIB guidelines to record text
• loan of four-track tape recorders or digital recorders
• assistance with arranging campus orientation
• assistance with arranging a personal assistant if required
• liaison, subject to your agreement, with departments
• liaison with the Accommodation Office
• contact with outside agencies

Further information

• For more information, or to request a differently formatted copy or a Braille version of this information, contact the AccessAbility team.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association