Rosemary Laidlaw wrote:
> 1, One or two students with Dyslexia have asked me about including a modem
> and link up to the internet in their DSA claim. Can anyone advise on LEA
> attutudes to this.
On the occasions when I have been asked for this, it has usually been
on the grounds that the student would be able to send and receive
academic work. Yet when I have checked with the college tutor it
usually turns out that only one or two staff are wired up
enthusiasts- and they don't teach the student, and for the rest he
would be talking to himself.
It works and can be justified when a student has a physical condition
or illness that is likely to keep them from college for bouts of two
or three weeks and they need to keep in touch with a tutor who is an
enthusiast. I have used it with law students who cannot access
reference books- for various reasons- and I have obtained a year's
subscription to Lexis at very attractive rates.
Deaf students can use it both to communicate with college (given the
above links are in place) and to search for information they do not
have easy access to otherwise such as radio. Much the same way they
use teletext now.
Beyond that, the cynic in me feels that most of the pressure is
coming from the student who is struggling to find good disability
related reasons which often sound very thin.
Dave Laycock
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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