Departmental and subject-specific issues and resources relating to disability
In response to discipline-specific issues raised during recent SENDA workshops, we've tracked down some useful subject-based materials from the UK and abroad. Some Subject Centres within the Higher Education Academy Subject Network have also held events and published excellent advisory materials to which we've included links. Contact your Subject Centre to let them know what else you'd like to see provided in your subject areas - and please also let the CLT know about key questions or useful resources in your department or subject group so we can add them to this site (telephone Pauline Ridley on x3406 or email p.ridley@bton.ac.uk).
Resources here are arranged by School, so there may be some overlaps. We hope to add more materials and links to this section over the next few months. NB Please also check the main areas of this site for more general advice (eg accessible teaching and assessment strategies) relevant to most subjects.
Applied Social Science
Architecture & Design
Arts and Communication
Brighton Business School
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Chelsea
Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences
Education
Engineering
Environment
Health Professions
Historical and Critical Studies
INAM
Languages
Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Service Management
Applied
Social Science |
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| Subject Centres: | Social
Policy and Social Work - SWAP C-SAP:Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Psychology |
| General | SWAP Centre - summary of SENDA implications for social work courses + links |
| Dyslexia | Psychology FDTL4 Project "Dyslexic students self-managed learning of subject-specific terminology" South Bank University "This project is producing self-directed learning programmes to help students with dyslexia to learn to read and to spell problematic subject-specific terminology. These programmes will be disseminated in paper and CD-ROM form to special needs units and libraries of British universities".Website tba, meanwhile contact Dr Chris Sterling sterlicm@sbu.ac.uk. |
Architecture & Design and Arts and Communication
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| Subject Centres: | ADM-HEA:
Art, Design and Media CEBE: Built Environment PALATINE: Performing Arts |
| Deafness | Three excellent resources from the University
of Wolverhampton: Learning, teaching and assessment: a good practice guide for staff teaching d/Deaf students in art, design and communication. This online guide is practical and helpful - print version also available from St Peters House Library Deaf and Creative - a new website for art and design students includes information on education, employment, case studies etc. Art Signs - online British Sign Language glossary for Art and Design contains 1250 specialist art and design terms and 1150 BSL videos. |
Dyslexia |
Glasgow School of Art/SHEFC: Understanding Dyslexia Detailed guidance for students (and staff) Papers from the 5th British Dyslexia Association Conference
include: HEFCE Dyslexia in HE Art & Design Project. Summary report and further details available from CADISE (Consortium of Art & Design Institutions in Southern England) |
General |
Inclusive
Design Special Interest Group Three US-based sites with plenty of relevant links and resources
Case study from Into Architecture, Skill's guide for disabled people considering a career in the architecture, surveying and building professions. |
Brighton Business School |
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Subject Centres: |
Business
Management and Accountancy - BEST |
General |
UKCLE has a useful section on accessibility which includes HESA statistics about numbers of disabled students in Law, and links to presentations given at a recent Access to Law seminar. Case study of a law student wheelchair user at SKILL website - taken from Into Law, Skill's guide for disabled people considering a career in law. |
Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
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General |
‘Pushing the Boat Out: An Introductory Study of Admissions to UK Medical, Dental, & Veterinary Schools for Applicants with Disabilities’ downloadable report of a commissioned project. This includes a review of the implications of thenew legislation for medical schools, discussion of admissions policies, medical school websites and other materials from the BMA and elsewhere. Another LTSN- funded project, ‘Disabled students –
disabled doctors – time for a change?’ is based
at Leeds University Medical School and will be reported in
due course. FDTL4 funded project 91/02 "Incorporating Disability Equality in Clinical Practice” details at the National Co-ordinating Team site Case study of a disabled medical student from the SKILL website |
Chelsea
School
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Subject Centre: |
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General |
A special issue of the Subject Centre journal LINK No 3 ‘Considering Students with Disabilities’ can be downloaded from their website. It includes an article by Dr Marc Keech of the Chelsea School as well as several other useful items. |
Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences |
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Subject Centres: |
Maths,
Stats and OR Network |
General |
Accessing
Maths by Other Means article by E.A. Draffan available
through Maths Subject Centre as well as Techdis |
Education
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Subject Centres: |
Education
- ESCALATE |
General |
DfES
advice on impact of SENDA on current SEN practice |
Engineering |
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Subject |
Engineering and Materials |
General |
Guide to Working with Students with Disabilities Detailed and subject-specific booklet downloadable from the Engineering Subject Centre website. Learning,
teaching and assessment: a good practice guide for staff teaching
d/Deaf students in science and engineering |
Environment
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Subject |
Bioscience |
General |
Learning Support for Disabled Students Undertaking Fieldwork and Related Activities An excellent series of downloadable guides by the Geography Discipline Network "Inclusive Curriculum Project" HEFCE-funded project will include a survey report on the experience of disabled students, case studies and guides for students and staff. |
Health Professions |
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Subject Centre: |
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General |
Resources
for healthcare professionals with disabilities includes
links to HCP-Disability jiscmail list, and a number of online
articles |
Historical and Critical Studies |
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Subject |
Art,
Design and Media |
General |
The Philosophy and Religious Studies Subject Centre site has several widening access discussion articles including an introduction to SENDA and the implications for PRS, Beyond the Syndrome: Aspergers and PRS, and Widening Access guides currently available for Deaf and Hearing-impaired, Visually Impaired and Dyslexic students The Association of Art Historians will publish a special issue of the Bulletin in Autumn 2003 looking at the implications of SENDA for art and design history teaching. This will be based on resources produced for the University of Brighton CLT website, with additional case studies and other materials. Meanwhile most of the links listed above under Architecture & Design and Arts & Communication are also relevant to academic visual disciplines |
Dyslexia |
Dyslexia
and Logic, |
INAM
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Subject |
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General |
Resources
for healthcare professionals with disabilities includes
links to HCP-Disability jiscmail list, and a number of online
articles |
| Interventions
for Students with Learning Disabilities in Clinical Affiliations |
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Languages |
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Subject |
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General |
Study visits abroad may need careful planning for some students with disabilities. See the excellent series of guides to field trips (written by Geographers but very applicable to other disciplines) |
Deafness |
The importance of oral communication and listening skills in this subject may lead to some issues for deaf students, as grammatical concepts may also do in a few cases where British Sign Language (BSL) is the main language. Go to generic advice and links for this topic |
Dyslexia |
Guide on dyslexia for language tutors from the ALLADIN project (language learning for art & design students, but generally useful) |
Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences |
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Subject |
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General |
Barrier Free Education US-based resource site 'helping students with disabilities gain access to math[s] and science education' coveringing school and college level work. The Accessible Laboratory section includes laboratory experiments, accomodation advice, and other information which will facilitate accommodation for a variety of disabilities. Report of joint LTSN event on SENDA Click here to download a Powerpoint presentation (392K) about SENDA and its impact on teaching along with a list of Further Resources (Word file 36K)with a special emphasis on laboratory work - from the September conference hosted by the University of Brighton for Heads of University Biomedical Sciences Courses. |
Service Management |
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Subject |
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| General | A special issue of the Subject Centre journal LINK No 3 ‘Considering Students with Disabilities’ can be downloaded from their website. It includes an article by Dr Marc Keech of the University of Brighton as well as several other useful items. The generally useful Altis
guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport
and tourism contains a number of relevant items, including
a section on People
with disabilities and sport |