Assessment of Need
Contact us to book your Assessment of Need
We can assess you at our Colchester,
Loughton or Southend campus, please contact us:
The Disability Team
Student Support - Colchester Campus
University of Essex
Tel: 01206 872365
Email: disab
(non-Essex users add @essex.ac.uk)
Fax: 01206 872367
You can contact us Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.
For travel
instructions and maps please see
how to find us.
You will be
asked to supply:
If it is more convenient to book your appointment with
an access centre nearer to your home, contact details of all
access centres can be found on the
DSA QAG
website.
Assessment of Need - what is it?
If you are reading this you have no doubt already applied for you
Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)
Once your funding body have decided you are eligible for DSA they will ask you to
have an Assessment of Need at an access centre.
Students are often anxious about the assessment
process ….please don’t be!
This is not a test or an examination, it is a
assessment with a friendly and knowledgeable assessor who will
identify useful study strategies to help you deal effectively with the
curriculum in light of your disability.
They
will be able to introduce and demonstrate to you, a range of equipment
and adaptive computing hardware and software. You will have the
opportunity to discuss any particular difficulties you have accessing
your course and can make recommendations for
support.
The assessor will write all their recommendations for support in a
report which will include quotes from suppliers of specialist
equipment.
A copy of the report will be sent to you and your funding body.
Once approved, your funding body should then contact you.
They will confirm the recommendations they will fund and advise you
how to order equipment and arrange support.
We have produced a summary of the
steps of your assessment to
explain the process (pdf).
Ordering Equipment
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