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Teaching

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 (Amendment) (FHE) Regulations 2006 makes it
Teaching not prejudice and must offer people with a disability the same educational opportunities as everyone
illegal for an educational authority to discriminate against persons with a disability. Trainers may

else.

The DDA protects people with a disability against discrimination in education, such as:

Admission

• Refusal or failure to accept an application for admission from a person with a disability
• Accepting a person with a disability as a student on less favourable terms or conditions than
others. For example, asking a person with a disability to pay higher fees.

Access

Administration • Denying or limiting access to people with a disability. For example, delivering training in an

inaccessible format, inaccessible student facilities.
• Subjecting a person with a disability to any other detriment such as discriminatory selection
criteria.

Reasonable adjustments
If a person with a disability meets essential entry requirements, you must
make changes or "reasonable adjustments" necessary for that person to
perform their course.

In most situations, the candidate with a disability will be able to tell you what
he or she needs to be able to study. If necessary, you should also seek
advice from disability areas within government departments or
organisations that represent or provide services to people with a disability.
Lesson Plans Adjustments may include:

• Modifying educational premises. For example, making ramps, modifying toilets and ensuring
that classes are in rooms accessible to the person with a disability.
• Modifying or providing equipment. For example, lowering tables, enlarging computer screens,
providing specific computer software or an audio loop system.
• Changing assessment procedures. For example, allowing for alternative examination methods
such as oral exams, or allowing additional time for someone else to write an exam for a person
with a disability.
• Changing course delivery. For example, providing study notes or research materials in different
formats or providing a sign language interpreter for a deaf person.

Handouts

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