You may need to provide evidence (supporting documentation) of your accessibility and disability requirements to be able to apply for funding or get support while you study.
What we accept as supporting documentation
Examples of supporting documentation include the following:
- doctor's letter
- diagnostic report or assessment
- a medical report or summary
- a Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) Form 8 or Form 9 detailing your exam arrangements at Secondary or Further Education level
- your Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
- your Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) Evidence Form
- a letter from your college nurse or the University Counselling Service (current University of Cambridge students only)
- Evaluation of Need assessments carried out in accordance with SASC guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic
All documents should be written in English. Documents translated into English from other languages will be acceptable.
If you are submitting a diagnostic report or assessment for a specific learning difficulty, ADHD or autism
The report needs to be a diagnostic assessment report carried out by:
- A practitioner psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or
- A specialist teacher holding a current Practising Certificate in specific learning difficulties (SpLD) assessment - the report should state the certificate number and issuing body, or
- A clinical psychologist or psychiatrist.
If you are submitting official documentation written by a GP, doctor, consultant or health professional, this should include:
- the health professional's name, job title and address
- your full name, date of birth, and address
- date you saw the health professional
- the name of the diagnosis or condition/symptoms under investigation
- description of how the condition may impact your daily activities, including your studies
- indication that the condition is long term (as lasted or is likely to last for more than 12 months)
What to do with your supporting documentation
Ensure that your documentation is less than 2MB in size, and is in one of the following formats: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, jpeg, png.
Then send to the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre, when you first contact us for advice, or you can email it later to disability@admin.cam.ac.uk
Once we have received your documentation, we will contact you if we need further information.
All documentation submitted is confidentially retained and is not shared further than the ADRC.
Where else you can share your supporting documentation
- if you want to request exam access arrangements or college-related adjustments without contacting the ADRC you can send your documents to your College Tutorial Office
- If you're applying for disability-related funding, you can send your documents to your Disabled Students Allowance funding body or other funding provider.