Closing the gaps in DSA, Access to Work, and Beyond
Creating fair, efficient, and sustainable systems of support is a challenge. Needs assessments are central to this — but today's processes are inconsistent, expensive, and difficult to scale.
The result is unequal outcomes for students and employees, inefficiencies for institutions, and unnecessary barriers for people seeking help.
UDISAS offers a new way forward.
A digital assessment framework designed for the future
Built on over 15 years of professional experience in the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) sector, UDISAS is a digital assessment framework designed to transform disability support systems.
How UDISAS delivers better outcomes
UDISAS is designed to create fair, efficient, and sustainable systems of support.
Standardise outcomes
Every assessment follows the same structured methodology, removing variation and subjectivity.
Enhance fairness
Individuals lead the process at their own pace, ensuring lived experience, not assessor bias, shapes the results.
Deliver scalability
Assessments can be completed at volume, without bottlenecks caused by assessor shortages or scheduling delays.
Improve value for money
Automation reduces costs while freeing human expertise to focus on complex cases that need it most.
Generate reliable data
Consistent reporting creates a national evidence base that can inform policy decisions, service planning, and funding allocation.
Who UDISAS supports at the policy level
UDISAS provides the evidence and infrastructure needed to make informed policy decisions and deliver sustainable support systems.
Government and civil service leaders
Responsible for overseeing DSA, Access to Work, and wider disability inclusion strategies.
University leadership teams
Shaping wellbeing and inclusion policy, ensuring all students have access to support.
Employers and HR policy makers
Developing inclusive workplace practices and meeting equality obligations.
Local authorities and commissioners
Seeking scalable, consistent ways to assess needs within education, training, and employment programmes.
Sector regulators and auditors
Looking for reliable, comparable reporting to evaluate service quality.
Students who don't qualify for DSA (such as international students or those without a formal diagnosis)
The current system often leaves people behind
Employees who are ineligible for Access to Work but still face barriers
Institutions struggling to keep pace with demand and ensure consistency
UDISAS helps bridge these gaps.
By offering a scalable, standardised model that works alongside existing provision, it ensures no one slips through the net while providing policy makers with the clarity and evidence they need to improve systems long-term.
UDISAS isn't just a tool.
It's an enabler of fairer, smarter, and more sustainable disability support policy.
Frequently asked questions
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UDISAS provides a standardised, scalable framework that ensures fairness and consistency across regions, institutions, and sectors. It delivers clear data for monitoring and evaluation, while making assessments more cost-effective.
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