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Personal assistance for students with disabilities in HE: the experience of the University of London
- Author:
- PARKER Viv
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.483-504.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores the experience of students using personal assistants from the University of East London. The issues explored were: funding; the employer-employee role and employment matters; power and authority relationships; personal, family and professional relationships with assistants, other students, tutors and staff, and access to non-academic activities and the management of assistants.
Higher education and disabilities: international approaches
- Editor:
- HURST Alan
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 245p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Contains papers on: disability services in Australian universities; the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 on tertiary education in Australia; supporting students with disabilities in Belgium; policy and provision of support services in Canadian universities; Canadian universities and the status of disabled people; students with disabilities in higher education in Finland; students with disabilities in German higher education; disabled university students in Greece; disabled students and higher education in Ireland; including students with disabilities in higher education in Lithuania; students with disabilities in the Netherlands; supporting students with disabilities in the Slovak Republic; students with disabilities in higher education in Spain; disability awareness raising and training in higher education in the United Kingdom; higher education and disability in the USA; service students with disabilities in higher education in the USA; and students with disabilities and international exchanges.
Getting ready for work: a work experience scheme for young people with multiple disabilities and significant support needs
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- SKILL (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 16p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Students in mainstream education are all expected to undertake some form of work experience at around the age of 14 or 15. This report describes a project in Liverpool which offers work experience to young, severely disabled people who have traditionally been denied this opportunity.
Students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities: guidance on arrangements for students requiring provision in 1995-96
- Author:
- FURTHER EDUCATION FUNDING COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Further Education Funding Council
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Circular setting out arrangements for students with learning difficulties and or disabilities requiring provision in further education colleges.
'Armed now with hope...': the construction of the subjectivity of students with integration
- Author:
- MARKS Genee
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(1), 1994, pp.71-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Students who are integrated into the regular school system have traditionally been constructed in a variety of ways that reflects the philosophies and the policies of the relevant educational systems. Within these systems though, students have also constructed views of their own subjectivity, yet their perspectives and perceptions have seldom been studied. This paper explores the integration policy in Victoria, Australia, over the last decade to gain insight into the way students are constructed, and construct themselves, drawing on the poetry and diaries of a teenager who was been integrated into the regular school system.
Curriculum access for pupils with disabilities: an Irish experience
- Authors:
- SHEVLIN M., KENNY M., MCNEELA E.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(2), March 2002, pp.159-169.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
For young people with physical disabilities in Ireland, gaining access to a school represents only the first tentative step on the way to full participation in the curriculum alongside their peers. While government policy explicitly favours the inclusion of young people with disabilities within mainstream education there is little evidence of planning at a systemic level to facilitate this process. This small scale, qualitative study attempts to ascertain the reality of inclusion within mainstream settings for young people with physical disabilities. The results indicate that the young people often experienced exclusion from full curricular access. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to developing inclusive structures that facilitate curricular access for young people with disabilities within Irish post-primary schools.
Disabled students and transition planning: a role for social work
- Author:
- ADAMS Amanda
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 59p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
This publication is concerned with the transition to independent living for young disabled people and the potential role for social work in this process. Using empirical data from interviews conducted with final-year students in a residential further education college, it examines their perceptions of independent living and the "disabling barriers" faced in planning for this transition. The findings are then located within current theoretical, legislative and organisational frameworks in order to validate student experiences within the wider arena of young disabled people and independent living. A role for social work in tackling such inequalities within a non-traditional setting is also considered. The publication concludes by making some general observations in relation to policy and practice issues for social workers involved in transition planning with young disabled people and their families.
Aspects of the 1992 Further and Higher Education Act and students with learning disabilities: a guide for staff working in health and social services and the independent sector
- Author:
- HOOD Pat
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 15p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Guide designed to help staff in health and social services and the independent sector understand aspects of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 which concern students with learning difficulties.
The learning experience of students with disabilities in higher education. A case study of a UK university
- Authors:
- BORLAND John, JAMES Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(1), January 1999, pp.85-101.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Summarises the results of an investigation into the social and learning experiences of students with disabilities in a UK university. The students' experiences were evaluated in three broad areas: with respect to the categories used by the Higher Education Council to examine the quality of the learning experience for all students in higher education; against the issues conventionally included in studies and policy developments for independent living for people with disabilities; and in relation to the impact coming to university has on the lives of students with disabilities.