And what makes these needs special? Who of us has "unspecial" needs?
This phrase is not motivated by the Social Model of Disability and
should be avoided.
If you are taking on board the social model of disability, then you will
use Disabled Students - but maybe explain in your leaflet why you have
selected this terminology and thus place the responsibility for
inclusion and access firmly with your institution.
And in fact by explaining your choice of words, you (the institution as
opposed to you personally) will be forced to articulate your
philosophy more clearly, thus benefiting everyone..
ATB
Claire
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:25:29 +0000 Terry Brady <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> How about "Students with Special Needs"?
>
> At 13:55 15/03/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >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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Claire Wickham
Director: Access Unit - Short Courses and Outreach
University of Bristol
Union Building
Queen's Road
Clifton
Bristol BS8 1LN
Tel: 0117 954 5710
Textphone: 0117 954 5715
Fax: 0117 954 5714
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