Contact Student Support and Wellbeing to register with the service, access support and talk about any adjustments you may require. You will also be able to visit the University to gain a feel for where you will be based throughout your studies.

Student Support and Wellbeing are your main point of contact for any disability related queries throughout your studies and the team is responsible for recommending and coordinating your support or adjustments.

Under the Equality Act 2010, Universities have a duty to make reasonable adjustments where disabled students may be placed at a disadvantage in comparison with non-disabled students. Reasonable adjustments enable you to access and participate in learning, assessment, university facilities and services.

Some examples of reasonable adjustments are:

• Exam or Assessment adjustments (e.g. extra time, use of a PC, etc.)
• Support with reading and research (e.g. extended book loans, assistance to locate or/and collect research material, access to alternative formats, etc.)
• Access to specialist equipment and assistive software (e.g. text to speech to assist with research and proofreading, mind mapping to assist with planning and organising your work, a recording device to assist with note taking, etc.)
• Access to handouts and notes in advance of taught sessions
• Additional support from your tutors (e.g. assistance to catch up on missed work or to check your understanding, as required)
• 1:1 Support (e.g. Mentoring, Study Skills tuition etc.)

If you haven’t done so already we would encourage you to contact our Student Support and Wellbeing team in order to talk about the support available to you and ensure any adjustments are made in time for your arrival at UCL. Your Disability Adviser will also assist you in the process of applying for DSA, if you are eligible for this support or advise you of the alternative support options available to you if not.

You can contact the Disability Advice team and your named Disability Adviser as many times as you need to throughout your course, the team is available all year round and happy to help.

UCL also runs a transition day for autistic students during the summer prior to September start, to help you find out more about studying with us. If you have declared your autism to our University we will contact you to invite you to the transition day, but if you have not yet declared and you would like to find out more, please contact us.

The Student Support and Wellbeing team is responsible for recommending and coordinating your support or adjustments. Adjustments are tailored on an individual basis so your involvement in this process is essential.

If you decide not to contact the team prior to starting your course you are still welcome to contact us at any point throughout your studies.

It can take time to arrange and implement any support you may require so we would encourage you to contact us in good time prior to your arrival so that we can ensure you have everything in place at the earliest possible opportunity.

Email: student.wellbeing@ucl.ac.uk / Tel:  020 7679 0100

Web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/disability/

It might be useful to think about:

• how you would like to describe your autism and anything you think would be useful to share with your tutors
• any support you have received in the past, what has worked well and what hasn’t worked for you
• how you plan to travel to university
• your experience of teaching sessions, what helps you to gain an understanding of a new topic or task
• how you have found note taking and researching for assignments
• how you have found assessments in the past, e.g. exams, essays, presentations, etc.
• how you feel about group work, placement and practical tasks

To find out more about Student Support and Wellbeing services please see the video below:

Student Support and Wellbeing at UCL