Meeting the Needs of Students with a Disability, Medical Condition Or Learning Difficulty

Learning Support and Disability Resources Team

Meeting the Needs of Students with a Disability, Medical Condition or Learning Difficulty - Sources of Information and Advice

Loan or reference copies of some of these guides are available from the Learning Support and Disability Resource Team.

·  Disability Rights Commission Code of Practice (Post-16) - www.drc.org.uk/education

·  Disability Rights Commission Good Practice Guides - www.drc.org.uk

-  Governors’ Guide - Learning and Teaching

-  Admissions and Marketing - Senior Manager’s Guide

-  Careers Service - Residential Services

-  Central Services and Facilities - Estates Provision

-  Libraries and Learning Centres - Staff Development

-  Examinations and Assessments

·  Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education. Section 3: Students with Disabilities

www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeOfPractice

·  Skill – National Bureau for Students with Disabilities - www.skill.org.uk

·  DfES Good Practice Guides for FE and HE Institutions:

Finding Out About People’s Disabilities

Providing Work Placements for Disabled Students

DfES Publications

PO Box 5050, Annesley, Nottingham NG15 ODG

Tel: 0845 602 2260

Email:

·  Techdis

For advice, guidance and resources about technology for assisting disabled students.

Also link to: “Accessible Curricula: Good Practice for All”,

A guide published jointly by UWIC (University of Wales Institute Cardiff), the Learning and Teaching Support Network Generic Centre and Techdis

www.techdis.ac.uk

·  South West Academic Network for Disability Support

A tool for auditing provision aginst the requirements of the QAA Code of Practice and the DDA.

www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=2343

·  Making your Teaching Inclusive

An OU website, funded by HEFCE, providing practical advice about teaching inclusively. Includes video clips telling the stories of individual students and the staff who support them.

www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/

Specific Disabilities

Blind/Visual Impairment RNIB: www.rnib.org.uk

Deaf/Hearing Impairment RNID: www.rnid.org.uk

Dyslexia

British Dyslexia Association: www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

Scottish HE Funding Council guide, “Understanding Dyslexia”:

www.shefc.ac.uk/publications/other/dyslexia/dyslexia.pdf

Dyspraxia Dyspraxia Foundation: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Asperger Syndrome

National Autistic Society: www.nas.org.uk

www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/index.html

Mental Health

www.studentmentalhealth.org.uk

www.mind.org.uk

The Regional Transcription Centre

The Regional Transcription Centre offers a full transcription service producing written materials in alternative format. For further information contact:

Steve Carey,The Regional Transcription Centre, Rivermead Campus

Tel: 493131 Ext 3174 Email: rtc@anglia .ac.uk

The Learning Support and Disability Resources Team

Staff:

Penny Baldwin – Head of Team

Rosemary Chaplin – Student Adviser, Dyslexia

Sue Butler – Student Adviser, Disability and Study Skills

Sally Foister – Student Support Scheme Co-ordinator

Kate McGann - Administrator

Contact information:

Telephone: 01245 493131 Extension. 4240/4242

Email:

Web site: http://www.anglia.ac.uk/studentservices/essex

Location:

Student Support Services, Second Floor, Tindal, Rivermead Campus

Postal address:

Student Support Services, Learning Support and Disability Resources Team, Anglia Ruskin University,

Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ

Last updated: October 2006