Back If you choose to have your Study Needs Assessment at the on-campus DSA Assessment Centre, the team will be pleased to meet with you and aim to ensure you have access to the most effective support available to assist you in your studies.
Background
To book an appointment contact: DSA@swansea.ac.uk
For further information, visit the DSA team’s website here –
The team are located on the ground floor of the Grove Extension building at Swansea University’s Singleton Park Campus, next door to the Transcription Centre. This is building number 13 on the campus map.
- Here is a link to their location on Google Maps.
- Information on transport options to our campus are available here.
- You can also copy and paste 51 36.3483′ N, 3 58.5352′ W into Google Earth.
- For GPS users, the reference for our front door is lat 51°36’34.83″N, long 3°58’53.52″W
The full address is:
Swansea University DSA Assessment Centre,
Grove Extension,
Swansea University,
Singleton Park.
Swansea.
SA2 8PP
Follow this link if you would like to ask us a question about traveling to or accessing the centre
Here is what the Assessment Centre looks like and where you could have your Needs Assessment
If you have any access needs or preferences to enable you to fully participate in the assessment, please do let us know. It is very important to us that you are able to express your views and opinions so that we can ensure you get the most out of this process and that the recommendations we make are appropriate to your individual requirements.
How could this affect me?
If you have applied for DSA the Study Needs Assessment is an essential part of the process. Recommendations will vary from person to person, depending on your course, how your autism affects you and the impact on your studies.
During the assessment you will have the opportunity to ask questions or suggest strategies or equipment that you feel you may benefit from, or have worked for you in the past.
All recommendations must be considered in relation to the DSA regulations and guidance.
What to do next?
Contact our Disability Assessment Centre to book your appointment
Questions to think about
- How do you feel about making notes in lectures, where most of what is said does not end up on a whiteboard or the PowerPoint slides? It is also not possible to write down every word that is said.
- Would being able to record lectures help you?
- How do you make and organise your notes when reading or revising?
- Do you enjoy going to new places?
- Do you find new places easily?
- Does it help to have someone with you when you go somewhere for the first time?
- What are you most excited about when it comes to your course?
- What would you like to know more about or might need support to do before you get excited?
- How do you feel about group work?
- How do you manage your free time?
- Are you always on time for appointments without help from someone else?
- Do you like to be in busy, lively places or quiet places?
- How do you find out about new topics?
- Do you find it easy to organise your ideas and structure them in writing?
- Do you find academic writing easy? How about spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- Would you like somebody to talk to about your autism who has a good understanding of both autism and university?
- Do you have any other conditions like dyslexia, dyspraxia or ADHD?
- Does it help you to read information from the internet if you can print it out?
- Who supported you with your work at school and what did they do that was helpful?
- What helps you when you’re stressed? Music, exercise, art, reading, playing games, talking to others?
- Did you use any tools like visual schedules, social stories, coloured overlays, coloured paper or alarms to help you at school or college?
- How do you feel about talking to people about your autism, including tutors and other students?