More about the product Supporting Students with Disabilities and Additional Requirements - OTTK019 CONTENTS; Section 1 General approaches; Start with the student; Discovering one of your students has a disability; Two case studies; Section 2 Disability services in The Open University; Regional disability services; Central services: Disabled Student Services Section; Office for Students with Disabilities; Centre for Assistive Technology and Enabling Research; Disabled Students’ Allowances Office; Audio Recording Centre; Central Disability Advisory Services; Section 3 Working with students with specific disabilities; Students who are deaf or hard of hearing; Students who are blind or partially sighted; Students with medical conditions, chronic illness or pain; Students with physical disabilities and manual dexterity difficulties; Students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties; Students with mental health difficulties; Students with language and speech difficulties; Students with Asperger’s syndrome or autism; Health and safety; Section 4 The student’s experience; The enquiry stage; The registration stage; Starting the course; Residential school; Arrangements for examinations; Degree ceremonies; Section 5 Disability legislation and education in the UK; What is Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act?; How does Part 4 of the Act affect OU tutors?; Health and safety; Section 6 Developing technologies; Two case studies; Supporting students; Appendix 1 Language and etiquette; Appendix 2 Open University resources for OU tutors; Appendix 3 Disabled students’ allowances; Appendix 4 Additional source material