Further reading & good practice guides

Disability and the law.

http://www.disability.gov.uk. All relevant legislation including; https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010 Equality Act 2010

Good practice guides.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. (QAA). 2010. ‘Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education. Section 3: Students with Disabilities’. QAA, Gloucester. http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public/COP/COPswd/contents.htm

Scottish Higher Education funding Council (SHEFC). 2002 ‘Teachability: Creating an Accessible Curriculum for Students with Disabilities’. The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. A resource designed for assisting higher education practitioners to enhance the accessibility of curricula. http://www.teachability.strath.ac.uk/

Department for Education. 2017. ‘Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education as a route to excellence’ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-teaching-and-learning-in-higher-education

Disability Rights UK Adjustments for disabled students. https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/adjustments-disabled-students

General HE disability issues.

Equality and Human Rights Commission https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act

Employers' Forum on Disability http://www.employers-forum.co.uk/ Provides information and general advice and guidance on disability issues.

Scope Scope is a charity that exists to make this country a place where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else. https://www.scope.org.uk/

Students who are blind or partially sighted.

Royal National Institute of the Blind home page. http://www.rnib.org.uk ‘The RNIB website contains information about the organisation, their campaigning activities and offers advice to blind people and those providing information or services to them’.

The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/ Information on teaching maths to people with visual impairments.

Students who have Asperger’s syndrome or Autism.

The National Autistic Society. http://www.autism.org.uk/ ‘Provides information about autism and autistic spectrum disorders, resources and publications. There is some information targeted at teachers in further and higher education’. http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/teachers/fe-he.aspx

Students who have dyslexia or dyspraxia.

The British Dyslexia Association. http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/ ‘National association representing dyslexic people and affiliated local dyslexia associations. The website provides information and advice and a number of online information sheets, some of which are directly relevant to staff and students in Higher Education. A full list of their information sheets is available from: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/educator/hints-and-tips-fe-he

The Dyspraxia Foundation  http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/ ‘An organisation seeking to support individuals and families affected by dyspraxia. The website contains some information on teaching further and higher education students with dyspraxia’. https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Dyspraxia-in-Further-and-Higher-Education-revised-2012.pdf

Students who are deaf or hard or hearing.

Equality Change Unit https://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/sensory-access-in-higher-education-guidance-report-2009/ Sensory access in higher education: guidance report 2009

Students who have mental health difficulties.

The MIND Mental health charity. http://www.mind.org.uk/ Although this charity only covers England a Wales their site contains useful information on a wide range of mental health issues.

Student Mental Health Manual. http://www.studentmentalhealth.org.uk/ ‘An outcome of a HEFCE funded project at Lancaster University, this is a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of university provision for students with mental health difficulties. Amongst other areas, it encompasses information on policy development, student support, accommodation and teaching and assessment’.

Students with mobility impairments.

http://disability.illinois.edu/instructor-information/disability-specific-instructional-strategies/mobility-impairments Considerations for students with mobility impairments

 

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