Elizabeth,
We're preparing a code-of good pratice for our university. We are paying a
lot of attention to the labeling of students and disabilities, because it's
a very important social and psychological issue. We made the choice to use
the label or concept of 'student in a disabilitysituation'. This choice is
based on the handicap-creation model of Fougeyrollas and the ICDIH-2 ... .
It takes some time to get used to this terminology, but it really works and
students like it very much. It also tells a lot about the vision an
institute has behind ist policies and procedures on behalf of the equal
opportunities for students.
Kind greetings,
Joeri.
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Joeri Van den Brande
Beleidsvoorbereidend Onderzoeker
Coordinator Handicap en Studie
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fac. Psychologie en Opvoedkunde
Vakgroep ONLE
Gebouw Y, dienst Handicap & Studie
Pleinlaan 2
B1050 Brussel
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Elizabeth Naylor
Sent: vrijdag 15 maart 2002 14:55
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Subject: Wording
Hi Everyone
I know you will all have an opinion on this one!
We are putting together material and due to the need to categories on
certain leaflets etc we need opinions on what is the most suitable wording
when describing a student who has a support need. This may seem basic but
the one where we always have differences of opinions are:
Disabled Students or Students with Disabilities.
Obviously a student is made disabled by their environment which would lean
to the Disabled student phrase but students at the same time do not want
material aimed at this phrase rather I suspect they would like to be a
student first with a disability second. Can anyone offer advice, baring in
mind I want it to be what the students want not what the University wants!
Additionally we will be asking our students.
Cheers
Beth Naylor
Student Welfare & Disability Adviser
Student Support Centre
University of Liverpool
Tel: 0151 794 4717
Fax: 0151 794 4718
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