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Challenges


Who is affected

Common to all Post compulsory education

Completing application forms

Ensuring support for particular disability

Use of computers and other equipment

Planning time and essay writing

Online forums

Notetaking

Communication with staff and peers

Assessment by any form


Use of email


Cognitive eg Dyslexia

All students with disability

 

Physical impairment

Cognitive eg Dyslexia

Visual impairment

Cognitive eg Dyslexia

Potentially all students with disability but in particular those with hearing impairments

Depending on the assessment any student could be affected

Visual impairment


Campus Based Education

Lectures and tutorials

Accessing buildings, computer areas


Seeing information being presented

Hearing the lecturer

Joining in discussion

Physical impairment


Visual/ cognitive

Hearing

Hearing


Online learning

Reading text on screen

Accessing websites with hyperlink/segments/non labled images

Podcasts

Videocasts

Synchronous online learning


Cognitive eg Dyslexia/visual impairment

 

Hearing impairment

Visual/hearing impairment

Cognitive/visual/hearing


Particular Subjects

Outdoor fieldwork

Laboratory Work

Sports actvities

Reading subject specific content e.g. mathematical or scientific expressions.

All students with disability could be affected.

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