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Enhancing Accessibility: Empowering Disabled Students for Success in Higher Education

This presentation addresses the crucial role of supporting disabled students in their academic journey and future employment. We will explore strategies for organizing accessible events, providing necessary assistance, and ensuring effective communication with academic staff. Key insights into understanding student learning barriers and the importance of promoting self-advocacy among disabled students will be shared. Additionally, we will discuss the essential skills required for their success, along with our commitment to flexible working hours to accommodate their needs.

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Enhancing Accessibility: Empowering Disabled Students for Success in Higher Education

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  1. Organising Accessible Events • Information – before/on/after the day • Venue • Other Assistance

  2. Supporting disabled students to promote themselves • Experience of managing budgets • Experience of employing staff • Sound understanding of student learning barriers and strategies to address these • An ability to work independently as well as in a team in identifying problems and seeking imaginative solutions to them

  3. Supporting disabled students to promote themselves ‘Essential/desirable Skills’ for disabled students • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to liaise/negotiate with academic staff • An understanding of academic practice in HE • Prepared to work flexible hours including some evening and weekend work ( more than non disabled students

  4. Exercise You are giving a presentation to local employers and you want to cover the issue of disabled students/employees. In small groups discuss what you would say on this subject in a 20 minute presentation to the invited employers.

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