This form is based on the Disability Arts Online Access Rider Open Template. It is designed to provide support to disabled authors, neurodivergent authors and authors with chronic health conditions by making it easier to request reasonable adjustments.
There are options available for the medical and the social model of disability, and we have also provided a list of example requirements. Click here to find out more about the social model of disability.
If you have any questions or suggestions for this form, would like the form in an alternative format, or need help filling in the form, please contact ewoodmeade@societyofauthors.org.
Social Model
Medical Model
Requirement Examples
Additional Resources
Learn more about access forms (also known as access riders or access docs):
- Industry Insider – Understanding Access Forms and Riders – Tools for disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent authors
- Access requirements: a little communication – The Society of Authors
Learn more about reasonable adjustments and how to ask for them:
- Scope – Reasonable Adjustments at Work (includes email templates)
- Acas – Reasonable Adjustments at Work
- Acas – Discrimination and the Equality Act 2010
- Gov.uk – Reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities or health conditions
Alternative access rider/form templates:
- Disability Arts Online Access Rider Open Template
- Shape Arts – Access docs for artists
- Unlimited – Creating your own access rider
Help and advice:
- EASS
- Acas helpline
- AbilityNet (technology support)
- Citizens Advice
