Funding sources
Canada Study Grant for the Accommodation of Students with Permanent Disabilities (CSG-PD)
This program helps students overcome educational barriers due to their permanent disability. Students may be eligible to receive a non-repayable federal grant (up to $8,000 per program year) to buy adaptive equipment and support services to help them access public or private post-secondary institutions.
If the following services are not provided by your school, CSG-PD funding can be used for:
- sign language interpretation
- tutors (specialized tutors only)
- note-takers
- readers
- attendant care for studies (while at school)
- specialized transportation to and from institution only (must be ministry-approved)
- alternative formats (e.g. large or Braille print)
- technical or recording equipment, including Braille, talking calculator and tape recorders
- computers and other technical aids
- 75 per cent of the cost of a learning disability assessment up to $1,200 (if the assessment meets ministry criteria).
CSG funding cannot be used for:
- living expenses
- tuition and books
- vehicle modifications, alterations for educational institutions or residences
- a replacement of institutional funds, if institutional funds are available.
Adult Basic Education Student Assistance Program (ABESAP)
This B.C. government program provides grants to adult basic education students who can demonstrate financial need. It is designed to cover direct educational costs (tuition, books and supplies, and – in some cases – transportation) for students enrolled in programs like:
- academic upgrading
- pre-vocational
- English language training
- adult special education
Contact the financial aid office at any public post-secondary school to apply for funding through this program. More detail is available in the program manual  [197 kb] on the Studentaid BC website.
Assistance Program for Students with Permanent Disabilities (APSD)
The Province provides grants up to $10,000 to students with disabilities to buy goods and services that will help them access post-secondary education. Students needing attendant care services may receive grants up to $12,000. Grants cannot be used to pay for tuition or books. Students must have exhausted other funding options before applying for this program.
Employment Program for Persons with Disabilities (EPPD)
This program provides assessments and planning, employment-related training, work placement, employment crisis services, assistive technology and disability supports for people whose disabilities are barriers to employment. Included are aids for hearing, seeing, mobility or agility; adaptations to computer hardware; and software. The program also includes a self-employment component to help people establish and operate their own businesses. For more information about the program, please go to the Employment Program for Persons with Disabilities website.
For more information about student funding and for application forms, please go to our Studentaid BC website.
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