LTSN Engineering Case study: Evaluating accessibility and use of a laboratory by a student who uses a wheelchair and a blind member of staff

This Engineering Subject Centre case study describes the findings of two disabled people who visited an engineering laboratory. It highlights aspects of building design room layout and equipment use that are often overlooked and which often can be rectified quite simply and inexpensively. The points raised may be used to audit any building and lab. The case study was produced with Mini-Project funding from the Engineering Subject Centre. It is also included in the Engineering Subject Centre's guide 'Working with disabled students' (2nd ed. 2005).