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Re: Disability Awareness on campus

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"Ozcan KONUR" <[log in to unmask]>

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Sat, 09 Oct 1999 12:03:10 GMT

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Dear All, (if you are a member of disability-research and dis-forum, you 
will receive this message twice as I do!)
___________________________________________________________________
Michael wrote:

"I have recently been convinced by a fellow student to take part in a
disability awareness campaign in my University.   I am asking for advice in 
the sense that what ave fellow list members done in the past to try and 
raise awareness at there universities, awareness which can hopefully reach 
an auidience other than just the disabled.

The presence of any disability element in my university is virtually nill. I 
stres the virtual - they have a good disability unit for dealing with the 
pracrtical side - aides for the disability but little awareness.  However 
there is a Disability Committee (I shudder at the word committee) which has 
two disabled people omn and which does nothing and the access is in all 
fairness poor."
_______________________________________________________________

Michael's message raises issues on how to change attitudes of people with no 
disabilites to people with disabilities and the service provision for them 
within the higher education context. Since this list is disability research 
list, it is necessary just to note that there has been substantial amount of 
research in these areas during last a few decades, inlcluding Makas' work as 
noted briefly by a member on the list in response to another enquiry.

Having said this, I shall focus on the second part of the message where the 
policy issues are raised.  For example it is said that there has been a 
special committee where two representatives of people with disabilities sit 
and its impact has been weak.

Since 1993, Higher Education Funding Councils in the UK have supported a 
number of projects for the provision of services for students with 
disabilities.  Some of these projects may have have addressed the disability 
awareness and related issues such as policy development, staff development 
etc.  Please see, http://www.equipservices.hefce.ac.uk  for a list of 
current projects who have been supported by only HEFCE, rather than all 
funding councils.

Since it has been stressed that the outcome of these projects should be 
disseminated  across teh UK to all instutions in higher education, Michael's 
message frankly points out some inefficiencies in this area.

On the student side, there may also have been inefficiencies.  A number of 
messages sent to the discussion lists for the students' union officers' such 
as stadia, and raws, may be interpreted that these unions may not have been 
adequately informed about the legislation in the disability area as well as 
good practice in teh service provision in higher education institutions in 
the belief that they are not covered by the law, and therefore they may have 
missed an opportunity to manage the change for their students with 
disbabilities in the service provision since December 1996 when the 
Disability Discrimination Act (1996) became effective.  Since that time 
these unions may have had duties as any other service providers to their 
students with disabilities.  Furthermore, since 1 October 1999, these unions 
may need to make adjustments for them in their policies, provision of 
services etc.  It is believed that some unions still may believe genuinely 
that they are not covered by the law and therefore, they may not need to 
provide services for tehse students including the disability awareness 
services.


Therefore, it is not surprising that there may have been inefficiencies in 
the promotion of the services for students with disabilities in higher  
education and the little awareness of the disability issues, complementing 
Michael's frank obervation  made above.

Hope it helps.
______________________
Ozcan KONUR
The list owner, the interdisciplinary disability and higher education policy 
list, http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dis-he-policy (please join and 
advocate it)
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