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Access to practice: overcoming the barriers to practice learning for disabled social work students
- Authors:
- SAPEY Bob, TURNER Rosemary, ORTON Sue
- Publisher:
- SWAPltsn
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
The introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act Part 4 requires institutions to ensure that learning and teaching practices are accessible to disabled students. Under the Act there is also a responsibility to make anticipatory adjustments and this will lead to the development of proactive practices, not merely responding to issues as they arise. There will be a need for the academic community, in conjunction with partners, toensure an equality of opportunity for disabled students. For social work, and other subject disciplines, it is vital that the profession reflects the wider composition of the communities it serves. This guide has been produced at an opportune time as it will support a drive to increase the number of disabled students undertaking the new degree in social work.