Worldwide, for most students with specific learning disability (LD), ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome (ASD) or mental health conditions considering higher education, ongoing or unrecognized educational difficulties have adversely affected how many view themselves and their opportunities for the future. Difficulties in making major decisions about one’s future are a normal part of life, and are not solely applicable to college capable, non-traditional students with learning, attention, or social difficulties. Even with increasing awareness and legislation designed to facilitate inclusion, many find it difficult to identify what institutions and institutional resources are best suited to help advance themselves or how to make a solid, informed choice about such a complex decision.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Disability Strategy mirror in many aspects, the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (ADAA) as collectively, they are all united through statutory requirements focused on equality of educational and training opportunities for young disabled people in European countries (1 in 6 or 80 million) and the nearly 1 billion school/working age adults worldwide and on measuring/evaluating these outcomes for evidence of county progress towards full education inclusion.
Education and training is a very broad area, which can include: school education, further and higher education, vocational skills training, and lifelong learning opportunities. For each piece of disability rights legislation or treaty, there are priorities linking inclusion within the public school system and transitions for young disabled people to next level education, training and employment outcomes.
One 2004 UK publication sees that historically, a major limiting factor (besides trained staff) for international higher education inclusion has been an unfounded attitudinal belief that these non-traditional students are academically unfit. The authors contend that many UK faculty and staff now generally accept that their ideas and learning abilities are as strong as any other student. Reported ongoing barriers such as accessing the curriculum would require a culture change within higher education, particularly older universities, with a shift towards more accessible teaching practices and the wider availability of learning support for all students.
What kinds of accessibility are we talking about?
Relatively simple adjustments, such as routinely providing course notes and handouts on-line, for example, would effectively remove some students
Dear Sir/Madam
We are a school for the disabled individuals.Our learners can have education at the end of high school.Also,our school leads the disabled,who are isolated at home or anywhere in the corner of life , to participate into a qualified work life and social life.Many courses related to vocational and life preparing are organised by our school for the graduated disabled students in 23 age and for the older.It doesnt allow the disabled to be unemployed and isolated.
In this case,we intend to share experiences,administrations,values,work,success and disadvantages-advantages with you by preparing an european Erasmus+ Gruntdvig
Denizli/Pamukkale,TURKEY (Our school is in the west of Turkey)
Best wishes
ismet YUREK
Hello!
Thanks for reading the article and commenting on the work your program is doing in Turkey. Our program is a charter member of the World Disability Union, which is based in Istanbul. If you are interested in linking up with their leadership and for possible collaboration with them, please email me at rcrawford@discoverldi.com, and I will be happy to refer you to the right people there.
Take care,
Rob