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Accessibility: Disability and Dyslexia Support

Support for Students with Disabilities and Dyslexia

Students eligible for a personal RNIB Bookshare Account

RNIB Bookshare LogoWe provide a personal RNIB Bookshare account to the following students: 

  • Students with specific learning differences such as dyslexia or dyspraxia.

  • Students who have visual impairment. 

  • Students who cannot physically manipulate a book. 

Accounts are set up by the Disability and Dyslexia Service (DDS) Team as part of your registration with the service. Eligible students already registered with DDS can request an account by contacting disabilities@roehampton.ac.uk directly.

You will be able to search the RNIB collection or request a book be made available (estimated turn around is 10 weeks). For further details, please go to the RNIB BookShare Books website.

If we hold a print copy in the Library, we will scan it for eligible students and will work to source other unavailable items. Dyslexic students will need to come to the Library to scan a print copy.

Once you leave Roehampton, you are no longer eligible to use RNIB Bookshare, as membership is accessed via an educational establishment only. You can still make use of the RNIB Library which is completely free and has over 60,000 items in the collection. See their Information for students guide for more details. 

Digitisation Service for Disabled Students (DSDS)

Students with a SoA may be eligible for the Digitisation Service for Disabled Students (DSDS). This service provides teaching and learning materials in an accessible format to students who are visually impaired or those who cannot physically manipulate a book.

In order to place requests:

  • You need to be referred by Disability and Dyslexia Services to the DSDS.

  • The Library and your Departmental Disability Co-ordinator (DDC) will work with your Module Leaders to ensure you have access to resources in your preferred format.

  • You will be asked your preferred format e.g. Searchable (OCR), PDF, Word, .txt.

We aim to provide 100% of Essential resources in a digital format for all students as standard. Our eBook providers are working to comply or fully meet with Accessibility Standard regulations. See our eBook accessibility guide for details of how to convert eBook formats on each platform, for instance into audiobook format.