The Students With Disabilities Forum (SWD) is a Forum for any student with ANY accessibility need (therefore including Autism and Asperger's, whatever the umbrella).
Lancaster Autistic Social Society (LASS) is a social group specifically for students on the autism spectrum.
Both groups are "self-identification".
Contact
Email: su.disabilitiesofficer@lancaster.ac.uk
Facebook: @LUDisForum
These tools have been recommended by the Transitions team
This game guides you through a series of questions that help you practice self-care.
It's especially useful for people who struggle with self-care, executive dysfunction, and/or reading internal signals.
Forest app helps you to concentrate by growing a forest for every minute you don’t get distracted by your phone.
Plant Nanny² is a cute water reminder app that keeps track of how much water you drink, motivates you to drink water daily and solves the low water drinking problem that most of us face.
Trello cards are your portal to more organized work—where every single part of your task can be managed, tracked, and shared with teammates.
Information about ASC
Speech recognition software is often used by people with disabilities who have difficulty using a keyboard or mouse, or who have difficulty committing their ideas to written form. It can also be used to help transcribe recordings, but there can be issues when transcribing interviews which limit the technique's usefulness.
Visit the Access to speech recognition software for more information about software available at Lancaster University as well as freely available suggested software
The Understanding disability webpage gives a brief explanation different disabilities and some of the challenges students with those disabilities may encounter, including:
Find out about support available for disabled students at Lancaster University
For more information visit the Disability Service webpage
For students requiring specific accessibility support, Disabled Students' Allowances funding may be available through Student Finance or your relevant Funding Council. The Disability Service can arrange an assessment for you.
The Transitions Team at Lancaster University offer pastoral support to help you to settle in, connect with others, and look after your wellbeing.
For more information visit the Transitions Team webpage
These webpages provide information and guidance to help staff to understand and implement support for disabled students at Lancaster.
The Disability and Inclusion Toolkit provides two strands of support.
For guidelines for staff on working with coversheets, including downloadable notes:
Mindjet MindManager: Mind-mapping software. Available on all ISS-supported PCs via AppsAnywhere .
LU App: A voice controlled digital companion which can answer questions about your studies, timetabling, campus life and services. Find out how LU can support students with a disability.
Students with a disability or health condition may be entitled to additional support, and we have a range of provision which all students can access to help with studies.
Find out about the following support available at Lancaster through Inclusive support for all students:
Lancaster University have put together a range of information for staff relating to the University's Disabled Student Policy, including the legal framework and adjustments that students can expect. While this is predominantly aimed at staff, as students, you also have the right to know what level of service you can expect from the University. What is classed as a disability can also be a source of some confusion, so the FAQs section below aims to answer these and other policy-related queries.
If you need access to information in a different format, or are unable to attend a specific careers/employability appointment or workshop because of accessibility or other disability-related reasons, please contact us at careers@lancaster.ac.uk and we will be able to assist you.