Dear Colleague,

Several members of this list work in the area
of ergonomics for the disabled, prosthetics, and
the like, as well as education for the disabled.

In the course of working with the disabled, you
may have come across material or information
that would help Ozcan Konur in his research.

If you work with your schools admissions policy
or you are involved with information for the
disabled, you may also be able to help him locate
resources.

If you can also pass this on to the appropriate
administrator at your school, it will also
be a great service to this project.

Ken Friedman


Request for information on research on access to international
education by disabled international and home students

An interdisciplinary research project at City University, the United
Kingdom, has looked into the legal and public policy issues in access
to higher education by disabled students since October 1998. A
research project has been set up since June 1999 at

http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm

and a work in progress research paper, [Konur, O. (2000) Creating
enforceable civil rights for disabled students in higher education:
an institutional theory perspective, Disability and Society 15(7),
pp. 1041-1063, also online at

http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/dspaper.htm

published in December 2000 may give further information about the
nature and scope of this researhc project. This project has been
self-funded by the hearing-disabled and language-learning disabled
researcher who has also been a disabled student for the past seven
years.

This project has been extended to the research on access to
international education by disabled international and home students.
The expected outcome of the research would be publication of
peer-reviewed papers and policy papers submitted to statutory bodies
in the UK, Australia, Europe, and the US. It is also possible to
publish an online resource directory at

http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index

at the end of the project segment.

The information is respectfully requested on:

The case law on access to international education by students in
general and by disabled students in particular

The peer-reviewed research papers on access to international
education by students in general and by disabled students in
particular

The policy papers on access to international education by students in
general and by disabled students in particular

The service development project reports concerning access to
international education by disabled students

The case studies on on access to international education by students
in general and by disabled students in particular

The statistical information on access to international education by
students in general and by disabled students in particular

The focus would be on the US, the UK, Australia, and Europe. It would
cover the research on access to higher education in the host
countries by disabled international students as well as the research
on access to international education by the host country students.

The areas of research may include the funding mechanisms for the
study related costs and disability-related costs, social security
benefits, advisory support offered by the statutory and or voluntary
bodies, access to local national public funding, the coverage of
disabled international students by the host and or foreign country
disability law, higher education law, and social and health service
law.

Any help received for the project purposes would be publicly
acknowledged. The expected life of this segment of the project is
three months and it would be helpful to receive any such materials
within one month from the date of this message.

Further enquiries would be welcome as well as any other support help
and guidance.


Ozcan KONUR

Postal address:

Rehabilitation Resource Centre
Walmsley Building, Room W223
City University, Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom.

E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Research project URL: http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm

Phone: 020 7040 0271