Student finance debt and ADHD

star00786

Thanks everyone for the replies. 

I should have been clear when I said do something about it I meant can they be written off? 

My friends daughter had a years finance written off when she failed and she told them that her grandmother had died and it affected her. 

No she is not formally diagnosed as yet on the waiting list. 

The dyslexia was diagnosed at university she had an assessment by a person in student support. 

The gp has filled in the form for student finance I can’t remember what the form was called?! 

Altior

Personally I don't see what difference it makes as neither ADHD nor dyslexia would ordinarily be enough to prevent someone from being able to complete a uni course. I suppose you could get to a point where she could try to demonstrate that her conditions were such a challenge that they were simply insurmountable, and she should not have been given a place, but then she has also opted to go ahead and repeat the first year. So one can only assume she thought there was still a decent shot at completing successfully, in spite of dyslexia/ADHD. 

star00786

She was in denial after the first year and desperate to not feel like a failure so she gave it another shot. 

The ADHD caused her issues some of which were with severe anxiety and insomnia and she is now on medication. 

I’ll leave it at that thanks for the replies. 

RAS

The horrid thing about issues around university assessments is that students have to raise concern promptly.

Sometimes there is a bit of leeway if there are mental health complications or a late diagnosis and there isn't necessarily a proactive approach to identifying students with issues. 

I'm surprised she retook the year if she only failed one module, the normal approach would be to self-fund the retake of the single (or several) module. Or even to take alterative modules if it's core for that course but there are similar ones for which it's not core. It may be worth exploring what advice she was given?