The Department of Economics have a dedicated team of Departmental Disability Contacts to enusre you receive the assistance you require and that your needs are met.
1st Year - Kathleen Tyrrell
2nd Year - Fiona McIntosh
3rd Year - Fiona McIntosh
Honours - Kirsty Fontanella
MSc EMP - Joyce Russell
The purpose of disclosure of disability by a student is to access the benefits which the Disability Service can provide:
The service for students includes:
- Information and advice for disabled students and applicants.
- Assistance in accessing the Disabled Students' Allowance or similar funds for equipment and other help needed for study.
- Liaison with other agencies who can provide the sorts of assistance students might need, such as Sign Language Interpretation, readers or sighted guides.
- Help with arranging assessments, such as dyslexia assessments, where these are needed to support applications for assistance.
- Support in setting up appropriate exam arrangements, where students might need, for example, additional writing time or rest breaks.
The Assistive Technology Advisers:
- Can assess student's assistive technology requirements.
- Can support student's with Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) application submission.
- The Assistive Technology Advisers can help disabled students to choose, apply for and use Information Technology to support their study.
- The Service has equipment for students to try out. It also holds some items for lending to students.
