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DSA application

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oxalisRed · 06/06/2021 10:44

Does anyone have experience of their kids applying for Disabled Student's Allowance as part of their student finance please?

My daughter is autistic but we have never applied for DLA (she was only diagnosed at 17 yrs old), would that affect her DSA application?

She has an appointment soon with a DSA advisor to see whether she qualifies, and is worried about it. Obviously it would be useful if she were eligible and could receive some funding (her university accommodation alone could eat up her maintenance loan).

The DSA is supposed to support her autism, but she is unsure how that can be shown. TIA.

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RedHelenB · 21/08/2022 10:32

handmademitlove · 21/08/2022 10:30

Dd got her place so we are now going through all the emails about dsa. Does anyone have any recommendations re laptops? Is the standard laptop usually OK or is it worth upgrading?

If you have the money 8d upgrade based on dds experiences.

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