Disabled students at Cambridge have shared their stories in an insightful series of films – with the aim of encouraging others to apply to the university.
Alison Madgwick, pictured above, is one of 18 students who appear in Meet Disabled Students, a film showing the diversity of students at Cambridge.
She also talks in more depth about her own experience as a natural sciences student with Asperger syndrome in a separate two-minute film.
“I took part because I wanted to raise awareness of the issues facing disabled students at university,” she said.
“I wanted to reassure prospective disabled students that there are disabled students at Cambridge and that there is support available for them here.
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