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Creating Accessible Environments for Visually Impaired Students

Creating Accessible Environments for Visually Impaired Students. Paul Brown Director Scottish Disability Team p.d.brown@dundee.ac.uk www.sdt.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency: The number of VI students in UK HEI’s for 1994 - 2001. Year Number 94/95 677 95/96 687

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Creating Accessible Environments for Visually Impaired Students

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  1. Creating Accessible Environments for Visually Impaired Students Paul Brown Director Scottish Disability Team p.d.brown@dundee.ac.uk www.sdt.ac.uk

  2. Higher Education Statistics Agency:The number of VI students in UK HEI’s for 1994 - 2001 YearNumber 94/95 677 95/96 687 96/97 860 97/98 858 98/99 912 99/00 930 00/01 1020 % up 50.7

  3. Some useful questions to ask prospective visually impaired students • Are you a braille user? • Do you use large print? • Are you computer literate? • How do you work at present? • What difficulties do you envisage regarding the course(s)?

  4. Personal reflections on being a student How I worked • Used PC with voice output for course work • Used electronic note-taker in classes • Had small team of personal readers • Used books on tape from RNIB Cassette Library • Set up longer loan and book retrieval arrangements with library

  5. Barriers • Lack of communication between staff – had to explain my learning needs to each new lecturer • Promised things by department that all staff had not been told about • Given no information/warning about course requirements/content which might present difficulties

  6. Barriers cont’d • Access to printed material – issue getting booklists early enough from lecturers • Non-explanation of OHP’s and/or writing on blackboard • Not getting notes or OHP’s in advance • Tutorials being based around question sheets handed out at start of class – not given to me in advance to braille • Poster culture

  7. Strategies for change • Ensure course descriptions provide students with fair, accurate and appropriate information on which to make informed choices • Provide opportunities for disclosure that lead to discussion of needs • Ensure, with the students explicit permission, that all teaching staff with whom they come into contact know what they have to do to make their teaching and assessments accessible

  8. Strategies for change cont’d • Hold copies of all teaching materials in electronic formats • Read aloud what you are writing on the chalkboard/acetates • Prepare reading lists/class materials in advance

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