Providing supporting information about your disability
To access support from Disability Services, you must provide us with supporting information about your disability.
Supporting information checker tool
Check which types of support you could access with the information you have.
Supporting information you need
The information you need to provide depends both on your disability and the level of support you are requesting.
Specific learning disabilities
All other disabilites (except specific learning disabilities)
The best way to gather the correct information is to ask your GP, consultant or other medical professional to complete our supporting information form (Word doc).
This will allow us to capture the supporting documents we need to register you with Disability Services. You can also use the form to apply for disability-related funding, such as Disabled Students’ Allowances.
You can also read our supporting information needed for all other disabilities (Word doc).
Supporting information requirements
Your supporting information must:
- be on official headed paper
- be signed by the medical professional, or someone acting on their behalf (‘p.p’)
- be as up to date as possible (this is not as vital if it is a long-term or life-long condition)
- give a clear clinical/medical diagnosis of a disability that is likely to affect your ability to do everyday or academic tasks
- clearly state that your disability is long-term (i.e. has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least 12 months)
- indicate the impact your disability has on your daily life, particularly your studies
- be written in English or be a formally certified translation
- be sent to us directly by you in person or by emailing Disability Services at disability@leeds.ac.uk. It should not be sent to us via a third party, such as your GP.
Electronic information
In some cases, we accept supporting information held electronically, such as information from the NHS App or your GP’s portal. If you screenshot this, the image must also include identifying information, such as your name or date of birth.
If it does not show this information, you may be asked to come to a drop-in session so that we can verify that the information belongs to you.