This updated guide to Working with Disabled Students provides a comprehensive resource on the positive steps engineering departments can take to develop good practice and to ensure that quality engineering education is available to all. The guide will also help departments and institutions to develop a response to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act of 2001 (SENDA).
The guide will also help departments and institutions to develop a response to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act of 2001 (SENDA).
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) amended the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and came into force in September 2002. It is now unlawful for a university or department to discriminate against a disabled person. It is therefore important to understand the implications of the Act and to develop good practice to ensure that quality engineering education is available to all who can benefit from it. Accessibility affects all areas of the student experience from the student application process teaching and learning to evaluation and assessment.
