If you are D/deaf you may use speech, lip-reading, a hearing aid, a loop, sign language or a combination of these. You may have different methods of communicating. Contact our DAR team - Yorkshire Regional centre to discuss the services and support you need.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
| Studying when you are D/deaf booklet provides advice and guidance to D/deaf students on how to approach distance study |
Hearing impairment Links
D/deaf students individual needs web-pages
If you are visually impaired you may have loss of vision ranging from low vision to no vision at all. This may lead to an inability to read module materials and examination questions in standard print and an inability to decipher handwritten marked assignments. Contact our DAR team - Yorkshire Regional centre to discuss the services and support you need.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
| Studying with little or no sight booklet provides advice and guidance to blind and partially sighted students on how to approach distance study available in several formats - comb-bound large print/comb-bound braille and Daisy |
Visual impairment Links
Blind or partially sighted students individual needs web-pages
Such disabilities include mobility difficulties, manual dexterity and chronic pain and give rise to a range of individual requirements. Contact our DAR team - Yorkshire Regional centre to discuss the services and support you need.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
Physical disabilities Links
Students with restricted mobility individual needs web-pages
Students with restricted manual skills individual needs web-pages
It is important that you tell us about the ways you think your studies may be affected. Studying with the OU is demanding but we will do our best to support you. Contact our DAR team - Yorkshire Regional centre to discuss the services and support you need.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
| Studying and Staying Mentally Healthy Booklet This booklet contains advice and tips to help your study become an enjoyable and worthwhile experience, and to help you stay mentally healthy. |
Mental health Links
Students with mental health difficulties individual needs web-pages
Conditions such as epilepsy, ME, diabetes, hayfever, asthma, cystic fibrosis, angina, asthma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV, and other chronic conditions give rise to a range of individual requirements. If your condition is controlled by medication this may affect your performance. Contact our DAR team - Yorkshire Regional centre to discuss the services and support you need.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
Medical conditions Links
Students with medical conditions individual needs web-pages
You may have communication difficulties, which include speech that is impaired, stuttering or an inability to communicate orally, including Tourettes syndrome. Your needs will be centred around effective communication between you and your tutor and participation with other students. Contact our DAR team Yorkshire Regional centre for the services and support you need, you can make contact through letter, email or telephone.
Strategies may include:
| Ensure you have the following, printed formats available: |
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| Meeting your Needs Booklet |
Students with communication difficulties individual needs web-pages
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