Have you seen this?...SENDA 2001 and DDA 1995 Legislation checklist - Implications for Further and Higher Education / Overcoming the Barriers

Following the introduction of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) (effectively Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995), disabled students have the right not to be discriminated against in education, training or research. The governing bodies of all providers of post-16 education are the responsible parties under this Act.…The article gives a checklist to help compliance and profiles and a blind maths student experience of teaching and learning: Karen Ford speaks to mathematics student Peter Rainger about being a disabled learner at a UK university. His experiences illustrate the type of adjustments that might be required of an institution and the impact the legislation may have on those teaching in further and higher education. He also describes some of the assistive technologies he uses and how they contribute to his learning…