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Teachability Project

The Teachability project led by Strathclyde University, in collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow University, Paisley University, and Glasgow School of Art produced a substantial resource booklet for the use of academic staff wishing to review and improve curricular provision for disabled students.

Disability Policies

Legislation

The DDA 2005 introduced a new duty to all public authorities, including universities, to promote disability equality. This was further improved in 2006 with the introduction of the DDA amendment regulations bringing various changes including some to the part 4 of the DDA dealing with post-16 education.  Thus promoting the elimination of disability discrimination and of the harassment of disabled people combines with the following strands of the positive duties:

  • Promote equality of opportunity between disabled people and other people
  • Eliminate discrimination that is unlawful under the Act
  • Eliminate harassment of disabled people that is related to their disability
  • Promote positive attitudes towards disabled people
  • Encourage participation by disabled people in public life
  • Take steps to meet disabled peoples’ needs, even if this requires more favorable treatment

Definition of a Disability

The DDA says that a disability is a physical or mental impairment:

  • which has a substantial
  • and long-term (must have lasted for at least 12 months, or is likely to last for at least 12 months)
  • adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

For further information about the DDA legislation contact the Disability Rights Commission http://www.drc-gb.org/.

 

Definition

“A person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)

 

Updated: 16 March, 2009 | Disability service | Legal