I have been keeping an eye on the discussions surrounding prioritised
accommodation for Dyslexic students and feel that I have missed
something.
I am probably going to get 'shirty' responses, but I fail to see why
Dyslexic students would need this. Obviously students with a disability
or a medical condition may well need to have prioritised accommodation
guaranteed for the length of their course but Dyslexic students???
Faye Langston
Disabilities Welfare Co-ordinator
Coventry University
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Elizabeth Du Pre wrote:
>
> The system that works well in Bangor is that with all first year students
> accommodated in Halls (if they want this), dyslexic students in subsequent
> years who wish to stay in hall, or return to hall (this often happens for
> the final year) are able to obtain a 'standard' letter of recommendation to
> give accompany their application to the Accomodation Offic
>
> At 11:26 26/06/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Christine, at Imperial College all first year UG students are
> >guaranteed accommodation for their first year. When necessary we accommodate
> >PG/MSc students with disabilities. We have a welfare / medical referrals
> >system for students, UG/PG/MSc, requesting further years in accommodation.
> >Limited numbers of students can only be accepted through this system because
> >of pressure on our bed stock to meet our guarantee. Medical referrals are
> >made through the Doctors in our Health Centre and welfare referrals are made
> >through our College Tutors of which we have two. As far as dyslexic students
> >are concerned, they are dealt with through the welfare referral system where
> >each applicant is treated individually and needs are assessed in an
> >interview. The most needy students only get referred.
> > Hope this helps, best wishes, Loretto O'Callaghan, Imperial College,
> >London.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Quinn, Christine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: 26 June 2002 10:51
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Priority for accommodation for students with dyslexia
> >
> >
> > I would welcome responses on this please:
> >
> > When allocating accommodation, do any of you give priority
> >to
> >students with dyslexia/specific learning difficulties (over students who do
> >not
> >declare a disability)?
> >
> > Christine Y. Quinn
> > Student Adviser (Disabilities)
> > Lancaster University
> > Lancaster
> > LA1 4YW
> >
> > Tel: 01524 592109
> >
> > ([log in to unmask]
> ><mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bernard Doherty
> >[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 25 June 2002 17:16
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: braille embossers
> >
> > I know Duxbury is popular with all the folks who
> >should
> >know and
> > publish on something like a commercial scale, but
> >you
> >might have a look
> > at BrailleMaker 2. This has the huge advantage that
> >it
> >can be used by a
> > blind user without assistance: it will emboss
> >straight
> >from Word with a
> > couple of enter pushes. Blind students can produce
> >exam answers in
> > Word, Braille them out and proof their own work from
> >the hard copy. It
> > is simple to use right out of the box, but the
> >settings
> >are pretty
> > sophisticated if you want to get into that sort of
> >thing.
> >
> > I've heard lots of folks talk about how proof
> >reading
> >is essential for
> > all these programs. I do read a bit of Braille,
> >although it wouldn't
> > be my first choice for the beach, and I have never
> >seen any mistakes.
> > Students who use the systems haven't reported any
> >either; problems have
> > invariably been traced to original text, especially
> >when that has been
> > produced by scanning and auto-OCR. The only other
> >source of problems I
> > can imagine is when the text contains symbols that
> >are
> >part of the
> > system code, like *; this seemed to happen to
> >everything a few years
> > ago when all the software was DOS-based and Windows
> >rather a bolt-on,
> > but I haven't noticed it recently. At one time we
> >looked at package
> > after package, but once we installed something that
> >everyone could use
> > and was trouble-free, we stopped our search.
> >
> > Regards, Bernard
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:55:03 +0100 BRYAN JONES
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The software we use is Duxbury Braille
> >Translation.
> >Available from
> > > Sight and Sound. You can check that the Braille
> >was
> >translated
> > > properly on the computer monitor. I.e it shows
> >you
> >the Braille
> > > symbols it intends to send to the embosser along
> >with
> >the English
> > > text. Helpful if you can't read Braille, which
> >most
> >of us can't.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25 Jun 02, at 13:51, martia Bevan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all
> > > >
> > > > I would like to ask if anyone could give advice
> >or
> >info on braille
> > > > embossers and relevant software you may have at
> >your institutions.
> > > > We at Roehampton are purchasing one soon and
> >would
> >welcome
> > > > any suggestions
> > > >
> > > > many thanks
> > > >
> > > > Martia
> > > >
> > > > Martia Bevan
> > > > Disabilities Service Adviser
> > > > Roehampton University of Surrey
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > > Bryan Jones
> > > Disability Support Services Manager
> > > Tel: 020 8411 5367
> >
> > ----------------------
> > Bernard Doherty
> > Student Adviser
> > ACCESS Centre
> > Anglia Polytechnic University
> >
> > Tel: 01223 363271 x2534
> > Fax: 01223 417730
> > Minicom: 01223 576155
> > [log in to unmask]
>
> _______________________________
> Liz Du Pré
> Tutor to Students with Dyslexia
> Dyslexia Unit
> Bryn Deiniol, Penrallt Road
> University of Wales
> Bangor
> LL57 2DG
>
> Tel: 01248 383843
> 3843 (internal)
> Fax: 01248 383614
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