Autism student

donnap79 · December 2020

Hi my son is enrolled in collage he’s just had a a diagnosis of autism I’m inquiring to see he would get disabled student funding for having autism or does it depend on the individual college

Tori_Scope · December 2020

@melaniethorley do you know the answer to this?

poppy123456 · December 2020

HI,

It will depend what course he's doing at college. This link may help. https://www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowances-dsas/eligibility

melaniethorley · December 2020

Hello @donnap79. As @poppy123456 has mentioned it depends on the course and the college. Colleges are required by law to support SEND students but it is not uniform. If he is doing degree course at college, he can apply for the Disabled Students' Allowances. There is not any similar funding that I know of for colleges but your local authority is the place to ask. You might also want to look at the National Autistic Society (National Autistic Society - Autism support - leading UK charity) and Disability Rights UK (How we can help | Disability Rights UK).
Your son is also welcome to join our Facebook group for academic, social and wellbeing issue which affect disabled students in further and higher education ((4) University of Greenwich-STAART | Facebook). I hope this is useful

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