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Overview
Support for disabled students
The Student Disability Service doesn't just exist to support students, but also to work with University staff to provide effective and appropriate support to students with a range of impairments.
Guidance for Coordinators of Adjustments
Coordinators of Adjustments are key contacts in Schools and are responsible for ensuring that student support is implemented. Guidance is available in a two part manual. The first outlines the role of the Coordinators of Adjustments (CoA) and the process for managing and implementing support for disabled students. Part two covers the effective use of Radium, the database which CoAs use.
Accessible assessments
Students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) are sometimes provided with stickers for exams and other assessed work. These guidelines will provide advice on how these stickers should be used as well as how & if they affect the assessment of the students’ work.
Accessible lectures
The Equality Act 2010 (previously the Disability Discrimination Act) places a responsibility on Higher Education Institutions to ensure that disabled students are not at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to students who are not disabled.
Accessible placements
Guidance for staff arranging accessible work and teaching placements for disabled students.
Accessible technology
A factsheet is available about the main sources of help and information for University of Edinburgh staff about what assistive technologies are available.
Helping distressed students
The University has produced a guide for staff who need to help distressed students.
Mental health services and information
The Student Disability Service has a Mentor Service that is available to students who have long term mental ill-health. There is also a Mental Health Code of Practice (currently under review) and advice on how to help distressed students.
Deaf Awareness Good Practice Guide
The University has produced a good practice guide for staff working with deaf or hearing impaired students.
Handling student disclosure
Information and guidance on what members of staff should do if a student discloses a disability, health condition or Specific Learning Difficulty (e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit (hyperactive) disorder, autistic spectrum).
Information for disabled staff
The Student Disability Service is primarily a service for students, and while it does also aim to assist University staff in their support of students, we do not generally provide support directly to disabled staff. However we can point you in the right direction and inform you of who to contact.
This article was published on Dec 20, 2012