I kind of got sidetracked on other matters and have not responded to this
statement that I made about tall order. My thinking prior to searching
and in explanation of the limited results is that there may be and
probably are few studies that isolate out in the course of the study
international students with disabilities as opposed to a study of either
international students in general or of students with disabilities in
general. It is both hard to imagine motivations for studying that
particular group, international students with disabilities, as opposed to
a study of students with disabilities and even harder to understand the
methods for determining the members of this dual population easily to
facilitate such a study. These are just thoughts I have in dealing with
this population as a research subject, and I could very well be wrong.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, David Quarter wrote:
> Mitzi,
>
> can you clarify: are you saying that disabled students from outside the UK are not
> entitled to funding?
>
> If not (if we can receive funding), is it available to those of us with mental
> impairments (e.g. OCD, Scizophrenia, etc)?
>
> David
>
>
> On 7 Feb 2006 at 15:56, Mitzi Waltz wrote:
>
> > Armineh:
> > It's those additional costs that are the issue--they are detriments, not benefits, to UK
> > universities. There are
> > three major sources for funding for university students with disabilities: their LEA, benefits
> > and (for a very few)
> > flexible funding. International students are eligible for all of these, so anything they need has
> > to come from
> > "elsewhere." Most Universities haven't got a lot of "elsewhere" in their budget, and many
> > international students
> > do not come with additional funds attached for their additional needs. One exception that I
> > have had was a
> > visualy impaired student from Germany, who did have the German equivalent of flexible
> > funding as well as
> > German disability allowance. Sometimes even these kinds of supports are not payable in a
> > foreign country--this
> > is true in the US, for example, where SSI (disability support) can technically only be received
> > by individuals living
> > in the US. That's not to say that a student receiving SSI has never managed to study overseas,
> > but there are
> > frequent in-person reporting requirements to receive benefits so it could get difficult! And if
> > "caught" you could
> > be in real trouble. This shouldn't be the case within the EU but...
> > There's also an issue with visas. I would not be surprised at all if I heard that a non-EU
> > student with a physical
> > disability was denied entry on suspicion of "health tourism."
> > Mitzi
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Armineh Soorenian <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Monday, February 6, 2006 4:04 pm
> > Subject: Re: PhD Research Request
> >
> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > > Many thanks for sending me those references, they've been very
> > > useful. I
> > > know it's a tall order to ask about specific research on disabled
> > > international students, but I can't see why, because this group is
> > > equally
> > > valuable as international students to the British Economy, if not
> > > more so,
> > > because of additional impairment related costs. This really
> > > surprises me
> > > too, as you would think that disabled international students would
> > > be
> > > encouraged to attend the system. Just a thought!
> > >
> > > Armineh.
> > >
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