Author
Agatha Christie
Learning Disability
Violinist
Rachel Barton
Amputee
Composer
Beethoven
Hearing Impairment
Actor
Danny Glover
Epilepsy
Painter/Sculptor
Leonardo Da Vinci
Learning Disability
Author
Charles Dickens
Asthma
Actor
James Earl Jones
Speech Impediment
Painter
Francisco Goya
Profoundly Deaf
Talk Show Host
Jay Leno
Learning Disability
Actress
Kiera Knightley
Learning Disability
Actor
Michael J Fox
Mobility Impairment
Composer
Mozart
Tourette Syndrome
Painter
Georgia O'Keefe
Visual Impairment
Singer/Songwriter
Ray Charles
Registered Blind
Painter/Sculptor
Auguste Renoir
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Actor
Will Smith
ADHD
Theoretical Physicist
Einstein
Learning Disability
Links
- General information about the DSAs is available on the Directgov website at: www.direct.gov.uk/
- National Bureau for Students with Disabilities – www.skill.org.uk
- DSA-QAG (The Disabled Students’ Allowance Quality Assurance Group) –
www.dsa-qag.org.uk - Student Loans Company – www.slc.co.uk
- Student Finance England – www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk
- RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) www.rnib.org.uk
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – www.gov.uk/bis
- National Network of Assessment Centres – www.nnac.org
- National Association of Disability Practitioners – www.nadp-uk.org
- Professional Association of Teachers and Students with Specific Learning Difficulties – www.patoss-dyslexia.org
- ‘Bridging the Gap Booklet’ can be downloaded from the DirectGov website at: media.slc.co.uk/
- DEKS (Dyslexia East Kent Support) – www.dyslexia-east-kent.org.uk/
- BPS (British Psychological Society) – www.bps.org.uk/
