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Financial help is available if you have a disability, a mental condition or a specific learning difficulty. If you have additional costs which arise because of your disability these allowances can provide help with meeting those costs, whether you are a full-time or a part-time student.
Financial support for disabled students is not dependent on household income and does not have to be repaid.
Types of (non-repayable) allowances include :
General Disabled Student's Allowance (up to £1680 per year)
Specialist Equipment Allowance (up to £5030 for the whole course, the money must be spent only on equipment)
A non-medical personal helper allowance (up to £20,000 per year to pay for a helper)
Travel costs arising from the student's disability.
The DCSF produces a booklet which provides information about these allowances.The booklet is called "Bridging the Gap, a guide to Disabled Students Allowances in Higher education".
Contact them on 0800 731 9133 for a copy - alternatively you can download a pdf copy of the booklet from the directgov website
There is more information in the DSA section in our additional needs section.
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