You might want to contact Vincent McKay at the Glasgow
Caledonian University who is the Associate Dean at the School of Health and
Social Care. As an Occupational Therapist within the university
he has been involved in providing consultancy and practical
intervention to support disabled people and their service providers in
employment, education and wider. The kind of services he could offer
are not exhaustive but include the following:
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Access Audits
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Advice regarding access and egress planning (including
personal evacuation planning and evaluation)
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Full
functional assessment of need for individuals employees/students/service users
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Specialist advice regarding aids/adaptations/seating and
personal care support resources
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Advice on embedding disability equality into
strategic policy and planning
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Disability awareness and
training
As well as supporting people in employment
& guiding their employers , he has also been involved in working
with universities in terms of supporting staff and students, and has good
insight into the issues, culture and experiences within HE/FE given his position
within the Glasgow Caledonian University.
or by phone
on 0141
331
8385
Margaret
McKay
eLearning
Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
JISC
Regional Support Centre - Scotland South & West
Tel: 0141 585
0022/0023
Fax: 0141 585
0020
Textphone or
Typetalk users:
18001 0141 585
0022/0023
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Dear all
We had a full physical access audit carried out in 2002. However since
then we have built a number of new buildings and the use of several
buildings have changed. We are now considering carrying out a new
audit and are looking around for a company with experience in this field. Does
anyone have any recent dealings with any companies carrying out these audits
that they would recommend?
If you have, please respond off-line to [log in to unmask]
Stephen C.
O'Melia
Disability and Academic Skills Co-ordinator
University of
Chichester
01243 812076
