The assessment report is confidential and only made available to you and your funding authority. It will not be sent automatically to your college or university unless you specifically ask for this to happen. This booklet is available in standard print, audio-cassette and Braille. Access Centres have close links with further and higher education. Most centres are based in colleges or universities.
Assessors are education professionals and are specialist technical or disability-related workers.
To find out if you may be eligible for support from the DSA, contact the disability advisor or student services department in your college or university. If you do not wish to disclose your disability to your institution, try seeking advice from the Student Support Service of your Local Education Authority or funding body. You do not have to be 'registered disabled' or in receipt of disability benefits to be eligible for the Disabled Students' Allowances. You do not even need to have a disability that affects you every single day. It just needs to be something that has significant effects on your ability to study independently and effectively.