As someone with congenital impairments and who knows their subsequent
effects only too well, I am inclined to agree with this view. However, my
life also makes me fully aware of a range of experiences - for example;
paralysis, chronic pain, a learning difficulty as a legacy of a post birth
event. Perhaps, one could argue that DSA assessors should be impairment
specific..... ....... there again, I don't think we should go down that
road!!
At Loughborough, we have five people who do assessments; 2 dyslexia
specialists, the RNIB college look after anyone with visual impairments and
I handle any assessments for those with "Physical Impairments". David (the
Head of the Service here) will fit in as necessary - apart from RNIB
college assessments. This system seems to work well.
Christopher Hopkins
At 11:37 25/07/02 +0000, you wrote:
>"Specialising in one disabiilty makes better DSA assessors as
>they are more likely to have an in-depth knowledge of that disability
>and be better able to understand the student's requirements than
>generalists (those who assess for a range of disabilities) who will
>have superficial knowledge of the disability."
>
>Does anyone agree/disagree or have any point of view on the above
>comment?
>
>Regards
>Eileen
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