Colin you might be interested in this site, I found the lecture on video
most informative,
I think that this concept of putting lectures on the web is something of
value for the future,
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/projects/lb/index.html
The trouble is most academic institutions in this country are still in the
dark ages when it comes to making use of the latest interactive media
technology which can be adapted to suit a variety of disabilities, for
instance there could be streaming web sign interpretation (given ISDN or
cable of course)
I have decided in any event I really do not want to go to a University
solely for the sake of getting a degree, which would be the only thing I
could possible gain from the experience.
If I had sat exams in all the subjects I have read up on since leaving Uni
sans degree, I would be multiply qualified indeed.
Academia is all crap Colin, but then you probably know that.
Larry
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> The following copy of the article which was requested by Mr.
> Revell today is
> provided below since it is perceived that it may be of interest to other
> list members too due to its coverage.
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> ____________________________________________________________
> Utley, A. (2001). " Bill Demands Extra Support For Disabled" The Times
> Higher Education Supplement March 23, 2001 No.1479; Pg.6
>
> "Students who suffer discrimination on the grounds of disability will
> benefit from the disability bill passing through Parliament.
>
> At present there is no legal protection for disabled students and
> according
> to Skill, the national bureau for students with disabilities,
> lecturers have
> no legal obligation to provide special support for students who are, for
> example, dyslexic or who suffer from a visual impairment.
>
> Barbara Waters, Skill's chief executive, said the disability bill will
> introduce the right to non-discrimination, which means disabled
> people would
> be entitled to the same level of education that others take for granted.
> "Students need this legislation to ensure fair treatment," she said.
>
> The legislation should prevent universities from turning away
> students with
> dyslexia. But the term "fair" is open to interpretation, according to
> Barbara Lloyd-Smith, director of the National Disability Team. "The
> legislation should be a wake-up call to universities to look at what they
> offer to disabled students and to look at their complaints
> procedures," she
> said.
>
> "Hidden" disabilities often present the trickiest problems for students.
> Lecturers can legally refuse to provide notes in large print for students
> with visual impairment. Or they can bar personal assistants from
> field trips
> because the bus is provided for the use of students only. Such
> decisions may
> not be commonplace but, according to Ms Lloyd-Smith, the
> prejudices of some
> academics cannot be changed overnight.
>
> "If we can persuade lecturers that more careful thinking about
> the delivery
> of programmes would help all learners, not just those with a disability,
> we'll have cracked it," Ms Lloyd-Smith said.
>
> There are more students with learning difficulties in higher
> education than
> ever, but academics can find it difficult to engage with their problems
> without confusing them with debates over academic standards, Ms
> Lloyd-Smith
> added. "If people do not read or write or spell well, is it because they
> have been taught badly in the past or is it because they have a learning
> difficulty?" When Colin Revell enrolled on a diploma in community
> and youth
> work ten years ago, he did not know he suffered from a learning
> disability.
> Five years later he was diagnosed with dyslexia. He also suffers from
> dyspraxia, a learning and motor disorder, Asperger's syndrome and
> attention
> deficit disorder.
>
> Mr Revell's case highlights the difficulty of interpreting what is
> reasonable educational support. He suffered two mental breakdowns while an
> undergraduate at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.
> "I have been
> fighting the system ever since," he said. Social services, the health
> authorities and now the university have let him down, he claims.
>
> He has yet to complete his degree and has suspended his studies until the
> university provides him with the support he says he is entitled to. This
> includes videotapes of all his lectures plus audio transcripts of
> all books
> and other textual information. Some academics, he says, do not like him
> taping their lectures and this has led to conflict.
>
> A ULH spokesman said the university positively welcomed applications from
> people with disabilities and these were considered strictly on academic
> merit. "We provide a range of services to support students with specific
> learning disabilities, including assessments of educational support needs,
> guidance on study skills and, where possible, adjustments in
> course delivery
> and academic assessment."
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