- Diversity and Ability is an organisation that works to improve inclusivity. Check out their guide to free resources for disabled and neurodiverse students and their DSA: Find your way page.
- Head Up! is a student-led organisation offering information and mentoring to disabled people aged 14-18 – covering UCAS applications, managing school or social situations, and accessing support.
- Disability Rights UK’s Into Higher Education is an excellent guide for disabled students. They also run the Disabled Students’ Helpline – call 0330 995 0414.
- Ability Net helps disabled people access and use technology, offering free advice and resources.
- The Whizz Kidz A-Z guide to going to university is written for young wheelchair users by young wheelchair users and offers advice on all aspects of higher education.
- Check the accessibility of individual universities and colleges listed on AccessAble.
- Student Minds’ website has lots of support for managing your mental health and wellbeing at university. Visit their Student Space site for tools and expert advice, including specific information about life as a disabled student.
- The University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) has a useful list of resources to manage your mental health and wellbeing, information on support available at university, and an explanation of how a mental health adviser can help.
Students in Scotland
LEAD Scotland supports disabled people to learn in ways that suit them, including access to learning coordinators (remote and hybrid), removing barriers to learning, employability skills, and digital courses. They offer several factsheets about higher education for students in Scotland, including:
Helpful blog articles
Hear more from students about their own experiences of going to university with a physical or mental health condition or learning difference, and from organisations offering expert advice.
- The National Association of Disability Practitioners (NADP) works with professionals who support disabled students in post-16 education. Read their blog article, Working for a successful student journey for disabled students, which explains who to contact at your university or college, and how a disability adviser can support you through your journey to uni.
- Ability Net advises how they can help you and what support you may be eligible for.
- Student Minds explains what you need to know when sharing a mental health condition:
- For a student’s own experience with mental health related conditions at university, read Zoe’s story.