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Disability fact sheets
These fact sheets provide guidance about a range of disabilities and their potential impact on studying (and vice versa), along with some possible solutions and details of other useful support resources.
This is not an exhaustive list of the disabilities that are covered by the Equality Act (2010), which encompasses a range of physical / health conditions (including HIV, cancer or multiple sclerosis), mental health difficulties (e.g. depression, anxiety disorders, and psychotic illnesses), Asperger Syndrome, and specific learning difficulties (SpLDs) such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder.
More useful information is available in the OUP disability guides.
- Access to work
(107kb) - AD(H)D (141kb)
- Adult Dyslexia Checklist (64kb)
- Asperger Syndrome (97kb)
- Asthma (118kb)
- Bi-Polar Affective Disorder (Manic Depression) (102kb)
- Cerebral Palsy (123kb)
- Epilepsy (104kb)
- Guide for Disability Contacts (158kb)
- Hearing Impairment Fact Sheet for Students (131kb)
- Hearing Impairment General Guidance for Staff Working With Students (107kb)
- Hearing Impairment: Working with Students who use Radio Aids (60kb)
- Hearing Impairment: Working with Students who Lip Read (68kb)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease) (120kb)
- Mental Health: General Sources of Information (71kb)
- M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (77kb)
- M.S. (Multiple Sclerosis) (116kb)
- O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) (117kb)
- Guidelines for the Storage of Mobility Scooters (49kb)
- Stairclimber Operation Guide (54kb)
- Electric Wheelchair and Scooter Hire in Oxford (40kb)
- Visual Impairment (139kb)