We're here to help: Disability

We hope you’ve settled in well and you’re enjoying your studies so far. Thank you for adapting so brilliantly to some of the changes we’ve made to provide you with a safe learning environment both online and on-site. We realise things are more challenging than usual, in all areas of our lives, and want to assure you that we are here to help. You can find out about the many ways you can get support from us, in all areas of your life and whenever you need it. This week are looking at the services on offer to help support with disability.

If you have a disability and would like to get in touch with us, simply contact us at disability@arts.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7514 6156 and provide:

1. Your name.
2. Student ID number (if known).
3. Course you are studying or interested in
4. The nature of your query

Assistive Technology

Whether it’s the software on our computers or the free apps we recommend for your phones and tablets, there are many tools out there to help you with your learning. Find suggestions on how to use technology to improve your studies.

Disability and Dyslexia

The Disability Service helps arrange reasonable adjustments, support, and funding for your studies. If you are disabled or have a Specific Learning Difference, such as dyslexia, please get in touch with us and take a look at further information on how we can support you.

East London Inclusive Enterprise Zone (ELIEZ)

ELIEZ is a specially designed, programme for entrepreneurs, business leaders and design thinkers who are disabled or whose work focuses on accessibility. Bringing inclusive employment and business to East London, it builds on the Paralympic Legacy by pioneering products and services to create a more inclusive and prosperous society in and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. You can get involved, long with many LCF students and alumni that work with ELIEZ to help discover solutions to the every day challenges of those with disabilities.

We are joined in this collaboration by our friends at UCL, Plexal, Here East, Global Disability Innovation Hub, Disability Rights UK, Capital Enterprise, Greater London Authority, Loughborough University, Hackney Council, Ford Mobility, Inclusion London and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC).

We're always on hand to help you. You can contact us on our Emergency Contact lines at any time.