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I'm surprised that you are not aware of 'the collective', seven-of-nine. You might find these useful www.disinhe.ac.uk and the National Internet Accessibility Database www.niad.disinhe.ac.uk Spock ;) Seven-of-nine wrote: > > OK, so it's a lousy idea, BUT.... > > As a visually impaired student I can tell you this, we need universities to > do something. Instead of having to attend a specific university for a > specific subject, how about each university being responsible for > researching (or keeping a record of solutions to) the problems associated > with disabled students studying a couple of subjects. That way we would know > that to get assistance studying, say, psychology, we could contact York. > > Or we could have a central database containing information, details on > special equipment, solutions to problems, etc, in a specific place. As far > as I am aware, no such service exists. I have spent several months > desperately searching for help with maths and physics and have got precisely > nowhere until I found dis-forum. Nobody told me about it. > > People seem to assume that the RNIB could help. You could not be more > wrong..... > > Esme > Undergraduate Student @ The Open University > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:29:09 +0100, [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > > Oh, dear, I thought you would realise I was being sarcastic. I > > thought it was an awful idea, which onoly someone out of touchwith > > disability issues these days could suggest. > > > > > > Susanna. > > > > > > > > Susanna Hancock > > Equal Opportunities Officer > > HRS > > Telephone: 020 8362 6873 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > _______________________________________________________ > Say Bye to Slow Internet! > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%