Advice pl on completing the Disabled Students Allowance form

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My daughter has asked me to help her with completing her Disabled Students Allowance form for uni - we both have ADHD so forms are not our strong point!

I was wondering if anyone had any advice please - especially around describing day-to-day difficulties re OCD, Autism and ADHD. She also has some complex medical needs but we can work those out. I was wondering if there is almost a check list for OCD, Autism and ADHD we can go through and say yes she has that and can include it, not she doesn't have that etc etc.

She is also a very private person and would prefers less than more sort of thing, so I think aiming for the minimum information she needs to provide to receive support. She wants to avoid talking about herself as much as possible to someone else.

Just done one. Handed the forms to the psychiatrist at CAMHS to fill in. Then the university get in touch for a meeting. Totally blown away by the support at university compared to his school. My son has had a diagnosis of severe ADHD since 5. Schools are absolutely rubbish if your child is bright and has ADHD. They actually try to get these kids not to achieve or at least that’s what it feels like. They don’t understand they struggle with deadlines and need support but will deliver the grades (last minute but that’s Adhd). Now at a top university he has extensive list of support which is incredible after receiving this support I’m now angry at the school for the punishments on my son for all the things he struggled with. The university (gets it) where the school doesn’t.

Thanks unfortunately she is not under CAMHS and doesn't have a psychiatrist at the moment. I have spoken to uni and they do seem like they will be very supportive.
We are just not so good at forms!

Ask chatgpt to,write it for you, it’s great at stuff like this.

thanks for the idea

Take it slowly, one question at a time. The form is long and can get confusing because it has caveats like "if you said yes to this..." or "if you said no to this".

I had to read it through a couple of times to get my head around it before knowing what to fill in for my DD, but we got her GP to fill it in, and we just told the GP some of the answers - ie. what specifically was needed and what was not.

thanks