Students who have declared a health condition, specific learning difference or a disability to the University have access to additional support services as detailed below:

University services:

• Careers Employability and Student Enterprise - offer a range of personal support, workshops and work experience to help with your career development, including 'Disability, Adjustments and Employability' information sessions
• Student Disability and Wellbeing Teams - offer a range of services to students with disabilities, including appointments and personal support
• Assistive Technology Centre - provides assistive technology for anyone who may need assistance to gain more equal access to the academic curriculum
• Neurodiversity and Disability Society (SUSU Society) - A society aimed at students who identify as neurodivergent or disabled, those who are self-diagnosed or unsure, and anyone else who would like to learn more about neurodiversity and disability topics

External services:

• EmployAbility offers individual support (conducted through telephone calls and virtual meetings), including confidential advice regarding adjustments for the employment recruitment process. Where practical and possible, they can also contact employers that UoS students and recent graduates are applying to and can advocate on their behalf for adjustment requests relating to the recruitment process. To find out more and to register please see their website .
• UoS Disclaimer: Please be aware that EmployAbility is a third party organisation and the University of Southampton cannot accept any liability for any disservice or breach from said third party. We  recommend you thoroughly read through EmployAbility’s Registration terms and conditions and review their data protection policy to be aware of how your data is stored and/or shared.
• Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) provide specialist support for people with a disability entering the workforce and can provide detailed information on Access to Work benefits. DEAs can be contacted through JobCentre Plus
• The details of additional organisations and resources are available in our Disability and Employability Toolkit

The government defines disability in the following terms:

"You're disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities."

• ‘Substantial’ is more than minor or trivial - e.g. it takes much longer than it usually would to complete a daily task like getting dressed.
• ‘Long-term’ means 12 months or more - e.g. a breathing condition that develops as a result of a lung infection
• There are special rules about recurring or fluctuating conditions, for example, arthritis and some mental health conditions.

Please see the Gov.uk website and UoS Career Hub for more information relating to the Equality Act.