disabled student's allowance for coeliacs???

If you get them on prescription, you are unlikely to get more money to buy them. However, you can apply if you want too. Maybe phone student finance? There are some really lovely people there who can tell you how successful your claim is likely to be, and give you some tips. That'll save you the hassle of finding several documents and them then refusing anyway.

it's recently been suggested to me by the disability and well-being office at LSE that i should apply for a DSA (disabled students allowance) because I have coeliac disease. this means i hav to buy more expensive food (basic foods 3 times as expensive and luxury foods twice as expensive) and need my own freezer/toaster/etc. however, i do get certain staples (bread, pasta) on prescription.
obviously all these costs mount up when a student but considering i wouldn't consider myself 'disabled', should i apply? am i likely to get anythin if i do?

Thanks. I read that before and it doesn't mention anything about special dietary requirements. On edinburgh's website for finance they said:
"The Disabled Students' Allowance offers a basic annual allowance of up to £1,640 in 2007-08 for items such as tapes, Braille paper, extra photocopying charges, additional dietary requirements, and any additional course expenses which are related to your impairment."

It may be that they'll cover it - the only way to find out really would be to apply It's just not something I've heard them helping with before!

yeah, i guess i will just have to apply and hope. the whole issue is what you consider a disability i guess. on the other hand i know other countries provide for coeliacs. e.g. in finland they give every coeliac in full-time education EUR 21 a month.

Yeah, in other countries they have grants to make the costs of the different foods less of a problem... shame Britain doesn't do the same!

It's not so much what they consider a disability but more how the problem affects your ability to study or puts you at a disadvantage compared to other students. This is the sort of the thing you'd need to write on the application form.

I have a friend who has coeliac disease but hasn't been able to get any help - she got a pre-payment certificate to help with the cost of the prescriptions but still has to get more due to the limit on items per month.

Just from an assessors viewpoint, I can confirm that other students with this have been awarded DSA. I'll have some specifics on what was awarded available early next week and some case studies for you to go by.

Can't find anything to hand, but I know the LEA I'm with has funded for it previously. Can't remember what parts, or the students name though. So I can't actually find the papers.

it's recently been suggested to me by the disability and well-being office at LSE that i should apply for a DSA (disabled students allowance) because I have coeliac disease. this means i hav to buy more expensive food (basic foods 3 times as expensive and luxury foods twice as expensive) and need my own freezer/toaster/etc. however, i do get certain staples (bread, pasta) on prescription.
obviously all these costs mount up when a student but considering i wouldn't consider myself 'disabled', should i apply? am i likely to get anythin if i do?