The Disability Service

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UAL and the Disability Service use the social model of disability as a tool to support students. Here's what this means for you.

Have you ever felt like the world isn't designed for you, like you don't fit in?

Each and every one of us is different, but it can feel like the world expects us to be the same.

Every day I encounter barriers and things that disable me.

Sometimes it's a building or an offhand comment that gets in my way.

It can feel like my course is told and assessed in a way that doesn't have me in mind.

Sometimes I feel like I have to tell people my life story just to get what I need. But it doesn't need to be that way.

The social model of disability says that we are not disabled by our individual differences. We are disabled by barriers in the world around us.

We are disabled by a world that doesn't take into account who we are and what we need.

We don't need to change who we are. We can change the world around us.

We can change buildings, and courses, and attitudes.

In a university full of artists, designers, and creatives, we can create a university that is designed with everyone in mind.

A university that removes barriers for everyone, whoever we are.

We can shape the world around us. And the Disability Service can help.

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