Disability Support Form

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What is your full name? (First name and last name please)(Required)

What is your student number? (This is a normally a six digit number, sent to you in your welcome email. If your student number / ID begins with a letter, then please check if you are studying an OU course, rather than an OCA course)

What is your email address? (Please provide your personal email address, if you are not yet enrolled with us)(Required)

Degree or course enrolled to

Please tell us the name/s of your disability, health condition, mental health difficulty or specific learning difficulty(Required)

Please share your learning strengths (e.g. good time management, determination to succeed)

Please share your learning challenges (e.g. I need captions on for tutorial meets. Due to my dyslexia, I need extra time to read and process written instructions. I find it hard to remember verbal information and benefit from written summaries. Time management can be difficult for me, so I benefit from clear deadlines.) - Based on the boxes selected above, use this space to tell us more about how this impacts your learning and what has helped you previously(Required)

Communication and Feedback

Please outline any adjustments you may need for communication and feedback (e.g. captions and quiet environment for video meets, allow time to respond to open questions, be reassuring, emphasise critical information / break down specific tasks, bullet points and direct language in written reports)

We know that everyone's condition affects them in different ways, for example you may have difficulties with studying written materials, hearing on the telephone or with your memory or concentration.

Learning Materials

OCA materials are ordinarily hosted online in OCA Learn (our virtual learning enrolment - VLE) and involves interactive learning materials. Consider how you'll interact with or use these resources and provide details on how this may affect your ability to study. Remember that inbuilt accessibility features or assistive technology can often help with access.

If you need learning materials in a different font type / size, please outline below (e.g. Arial, 20)(Required)

If you need learning materials on coloured paper, please outline below (e.g. yellow, blue, purple)(Required)

If other, please outline below

Disabled Students Allowance (DSA)

Please give more details about where you are in the application process (e.g. have you had your Needs Assessment?)

Please upload your Needs Assessment Report and your DSA2 Award Letter

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Please use this space if you would like to share anything else with us

Permissions and next steps

Please provide a telephone number for us to contact you on if you are happy to do so(Required)

This form is to be used for you to let us know what support you need to access your studies.

OCA Disability Support Form

Communication and Feedback

Learning Materials

Disabled Students Allowance (DSA)

Permissions and next steps