Funding Amounts - Student Finance Wales
There are three different types of DSAs available:
- Equipment Allowance;
- Non-Medical Support Allowance; and
- General Allowance.
The amount of Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) you get does not depend on your income, or that of your parents or partner.
Amounts
The following table shows the maximum typical rates:
Academic Year: 2014/2015
Equipment Whole Course |
Non-Medical Support Yearly Allowance |
General Yearly Allowance |
Travel _ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
↓ Up to these amounts ↓ | |||||
£5,332 |
£21,181 |
£1,785 |
Reasonable additional travel costs |
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Specialist Equipment Allowance
Specialist Equipment Allowance - funds the cost of major items of equipment such as a:
- Computer
- Printer
- Digital Recorder, etc.
This allowance also covers costs of:
- repair,
- technical support,
- insurance and extended warranty costs.
Non-Medical Helper's Allowance
Non-medical helpers allowance - funds the cost of:
- Note-takers,
- Readers,
- Dyslexia tuition support, etc.
General Allowance - this covers other disability related costs not included in the above, such as:
- Extra Books,
- Computer Consumables,
- Printing,
- Photocopying, etc.
The General Allowance can also be used to top up the other allowances if necessary.
The DSA's can also be used to help towards travel costs reasonably and necessarily incurred as a direct result of a disability.
It does not cover normal everyday travel costs which any student would expect to have.
