Degree With A Disability

UCAS has now updated its data tables of total applicants and accepted applicants by declared disability, special need or medical condition to include the complete 2013 cycle.

The statistics cover applications to undergraduate higher education courses in the UK.

For comparison this dataset covers a six year time series, going back to 2008.

Applicants

Disability	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
No disability	472,697	512,670	547,656	548,170	504,084	518,105
Learning Difficulty	16,503	17,130	21,568	22,234	21,541	23,480
Serious visual impairment	968	896	536	589	561	565
Serious hearing impairment	1,414	1,522	1,026	981	909	1,035
Physical impairment or mobility issues	860	969	1,332	1,243	1,283	1,325
Autistic spectrum disorder	851	1,166	1,493	1,946	2,073	2,635
Mental health condition	1,483	1,730	3,477	3,845	4,188	5,170
Long standing illness or health condition	3,239	3,565	4,311	4,405	4,251	4,515
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions	952	978	1,100	1,369	1,444	1,695
Other disability, impairment or medical condition	3,494	3,659	4,322	4,568	4,418	4,795
Total	502,461	544,285	586,821	589,350	544,752	563,320

Accepted applicants

Disability	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
No disability	381,252	400,874	396,878	401,787	377,449	400,065
Learning Difficulty	13,483	13,320	15,526	16,111	16,019	18,085
Serious visual impairment	751	690	389	424	428	440
Serious hearing impairment	1,096	1,150	739	696	641	805
Physical impairment or mobility issues	679	747	924	875	952	1020
Autistic spectrum disorder	706	959	1,149	1,517	1,656	2,130
Mental health difficulties	1,089	1,164	2,205	2,517	2,847	3,760
Long standing illness or health condition	2,453	2,649	2,939	3,047	3,012	3,355
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions	764	740	766	956	1038	1275
Other disability, impairment or medical condition	2,751	2,770	3,119	3,305	3,349	3,755
Total	405,024	425,063	424,634	431,235	407,391	434,690

Applicants – expressed as percentages

Disability	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
No disability	94.1%	94.2%	93.3%	93.0%	92.5%	92.0%
Learning Difficulty	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%	4.2%
Serious visual impairment	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Serious hearing impairment	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Physical impairment or mobility issues	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Autistic spectrum disorder	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%
Mental health difficulties	0.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%
Long standing illness or health condition	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Other disability, impairment or medical condition	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Accepted applicants – expressed as percentages

Disability	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
No disability	94.1%	94.3%	93.5%	93.2%	92.7%	92.0%
Learning Difficulty	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%	3.7%	3.9%	4.2%
Serious visual impairment	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Serious hearing impairment	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Physical impairment or mobility issues	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Autistic spectrum disorder	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%
Mental health difficulties	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%
Long standing illness or health condition	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Other disability, impairment or medical condition	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%