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EDUCATION
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Subsection 2.12:
Help for students with disabilities |
Printed material
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Disability Awareness
| advice resources
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| 2007 |
Introduction to learning difficulties
and disabilities - an activity-led guide for nextstep advisers.
Essential information and advice on working with disabled learners.
It’s designed to inform your careers guidance by helping
you understand how a learner can manage their disability in
work, education and training. It also tells you how you and
your centre can comply with the Disability Discrimination Act
(DDA).
Available
from the advice resources website (opens in new window) |
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Disability Rights Handbook
2008/09
| 978 1903335444
| £21.00
| May06 |
| Provides information
on the tax credit and pension credit schemes and many other
rights available to disabled people and their carers. Also
available on CD Rom. Disability Alliance |
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Disabled Guide to University
2005
| 978 0856609466
| £21.99
| Apr04 |
| An invaluable
guide for students with a disability who are considering applying
to university or college. The title provides summaries of
each institution's disability statement and information on
facilities and access for disabled students. Trotman |
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Making the Jump: Transition
to work
| 1 86201 143 5
| £60.00
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| A guide to support
adults with learning difficulties make the jump from education
to employment. The set costs £60.00 (this includes both
Transition to Work and We Can Do A Good Job - Transition
to Work cannot be purchased individually, but only part
of a complete set). NIACE |
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Guide for Disabled Students
2005
| 1 90463 819 8
| £9.99
| Sep04 |
| Provides students
with all the information they need to compete effectively
in today’s job market. Through graduate profiles, the
Guide offers an insight into the selection criteria of thousands
of employers and institutions. Hobson's |
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Skill: National Bureau for Students
with Disabilities |
Following information
sheets addressing different aspects of post-16 education,
training and the transition to employment for people with
disabilities are free of charge to download from: Skill: National
Bureau for Students with Disabilities. www.skill.org.uk
Disabled students, trainees or jobseekers can order any 5
information booklets free of charge. Contact the Information
Service on info@skill.org.uk or 0800 328 5050
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Applying to Higher Education:
guidance for disabled people |
Applying for
Disabled Students' Allowances |
Funding for Disabled
Students in Higher Education
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Higher Education
in Scotland: Guidance for disabled people
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Postgraduate Education for Disabled
Students |
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A Guide to the DDA 1995 for
Institutions of Further and Higher Education
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| £15.00
| 2007 |
| This is an essential
guide to the 1995 Act for colleges, universities, education
authorities and training providers. This guide has been updated
following changes in October 2004 to DDA Parts 2 and 3, and
the introduction of the DDA 2005. It provides a straightforward
explanation of the law, information about the new Disability
Equality Duty, relevant case studies and helpful suggestions
of good practice, as well as useful listings of publications
and information sources. Updated September 2007. |
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Into Series - careers
guides for disabled students, trainees and jobseekers
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| Into Art
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| £6.50 |
Into Architecture
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| £6.50 |
*NEW* Into Higher Education 2008
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| £15.00 |
| Into Law
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| £6.50 |
| Into Medicine
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| £6.50 |
| Into Nursing and Midwifery
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| £6.50 |
| Into Work Experience
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| £6.50 |
| ** Visit the Skills website
for special offers on bulk purchases |
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Into Higher Education
2009
Available from:
http://www.skill.org.uk/shop/shop_showProduct.asp?graphics=on&productID=62615585 |
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GET 2007 Guide for Students with
Disabilities
| 978 1904638803
| £9.99
| 2007 |
GET 2006 Guide
for Students with Disabilities is full of information about
issues such as disability and the law and disclosure, plus
specific advice for students with disabilities such as sight
impairments, dyslexia and mental-health problems. |
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Useful websites
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Skill
www.skill.org.uk
(opens in new window)
Skill: National Bureau for Students With Disabilities. Skill
is a national charity promoting opportunities for young people
and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education,
training and employment across the UK.
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BBC Disabled Student Diaries 2009
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Disability Rights - Directgov
www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/fs/en
(opens in new window)
Government information website providing information on many
aspects of life for individuals with a disability e.g., employment,
financial support, home and housing, health. |
Shape
www.shapearts.org.uk/
(opens in new window)
Shape is a disability arts organisation, who aim to improve
access to the arts for deaf and disabled people whilst supporting
deaf and disabled artists to challenge perceptions and promote
Deaf and Disability Culture.
RNIB – dedicated area for students
www.rnib.org.uk/student
(opens in new window)
A dedicated website for blind and partially sighted students
which provides help and information on all aspects of student
life.
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