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Please let the receptionist know when booking.</strong></span><span><br /></span></p> <hr /> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 1em;">Quick Query appointments</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quick Query appointments are 20 minute appointments with a Disability Adviser, during which you can ask any questions or explore your options. You can book these appointments in two ways.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phone our reception team on +44 (0)161 275 7512.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visit the Disability Advisory and Support Service reception between 10am and 4pm from Monday to Friday.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can book Quick Query appointments to register with the Disability Advisory and Support Service, discuss your support plan or funding application, or for any other disability-related queries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Friday afternoons during term time we offer Quick Query appointments at the Barnes Wallis building on North Campus.</span></p> <h4> </h4> <hr /> <h4><span style="font-family: Calibri;">University Support Plan appointments</span></h4> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is a very important appointment that determines the support that we can give you. It is booked in for 1 hour, but you can request a second appointment if you feel you need more time. You’ll be contacted by our administration team to book this appointment when you’ve given us all the information we need. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you’ve been asked to book this appointment, please contact us.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phone our reception team on +44 (0)161 275 7512. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visit the Disability Advisory and Support Service reception any time between 10am and 4pm from Monday to Friday. </span></span></li> </ul> <p><span> </span></p> <hr /> <h4><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Educational Psychologist's appointments</span></h4> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll need to <a title="Home &raquo; Services &raquo; Student Experience sites &raquo; Student Admissions and Administration &raquo; Student Communications &amp;amp; Marketing &raquo; Disability Support Office &raquo; How do I get it? &raquo; Do I have dyslexia?" href="/how-do-i-get-support/do-i-have-dyslexia/">attend our ‘do I have dyslexia?’ workshop </a>before you can book an Educational Psychologist appointment. There are a limited number of these appointments each year, so book on the workshop as soon as you can.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Educational Psychologists are the people who can diagnose dyslexia/dyspraxia. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have attended the ‘do I have dyslexia?’ workshop and are now ready to book, please contact us.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phone our reception team on +44 (0)161 275 7512.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visit the Disability Advisory and Support Service reception any time between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.</span></li> </ul> <h4> </h4> <hr /> <h4><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support review appointments</span></h4> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you feel like your support needs to be changed, you can make a Support Review Appointment. Some of the more specific reasons to book these appointments can be found below.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You feel your needs have changed and your support plan doesn’t reflect them any more.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’re going on placement and feel your needs will be different.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ve been struggling with a particular area of your course, such as in labs or during exams.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you feel you need a support review appointment, please <a title="Home &raquo; Services &raquo; Student Experience sites &raquo; Student Admissions and Administration &raquo; Student Communications &amp;amp; Marketing &raquo; Disability Support Office &raquo; Contact and see us &raquo; Who is my disability adviser?" href="/contact-and-see-us/who-is-my-disability-adviser/">contact your Disability Adviser</a> in the first instance.</span></p> <div class="notranslate" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-boxshadow="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-fill="" data-darkreader-inline-outline="" data-darkreader-inline-stopcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-stroke="" style="all: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-boxshadow: initial; --darkreader-inline-fill: initial; --darkreader-inline-stroke: initial; --darkreader-inline-color: initial; --darkreader-inline-outline: initial; --darkreader-inline-stopcolor: initial;"> </div> </div> </div> <div role="complementary" class="four columns"> <div class="panel photo bottom eyecandy"><img src="/contact-and-see-us/see-us/See us photo of uni place.jpg" alt="Photo of University Place building" /></div> <div class="panel content Purple"> <h4>Where can I find DASS?</h4> <div class="inner"><p>DASS is on the second floor of <a data-darkreader-inline-color="" href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/?id=34" style="color: #ffd300;">University Place</a> on Oxford Road.</p></div> </div> <div class="panel content Purple"> <h4>What time is the DASS open?</h4> <div class="inner"><p>We're open from 10am-4pm Monday to Friday</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="footer"></a> <div class="darkfooter" id="footer" role="contentinfo"><div class="container"> <div class="four columns"> <h4>Contact us</h4> <ul id="contacts"> <li class="mail"><a href="mailto:dass@manchester.ac.uk">Email us</a></li> <li class="phone">0161 275 7512</li> </ul> </div> <div class="eight columns"> <h4>Find us</h4> <p class="address"><a href="https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/?id=34">2nd Floor, University Place, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK</a></p> </div> <div class="four columns"> <h4>Connect with us</h4> <ul id="socialmedia"> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/uomdass" target="_blank"><img src="https://pssweb.manchester.ac.uk/includes/images/icons/icon-twitter.png" title="Follow us on Twitter" alt="Twitter icon" /></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="sixteen columns"> <ul id="legal"> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/documents/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/documents/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/documents/copyright/">Copyright notice</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/documents/accessibility/">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/documents/foi/">Freedom of information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/governance/charitable-status/">Charitable status</a></li> <li>Royal charter number: RC000797</li> </ul> </div> </div></div> </body> </html>