External Contacts
General
SKILL: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
http://www.skill.org.uk
SAAS - Student Awards Agency for Scotland
http://www.student-support-saas.gov.uk
DRC - Disability Rights Commission
http://www.drc-gb.org
Disability in HE
http://www.techdis.ac.uk
SAIF - Scottish Accessible Information Forum
http://www.saifscotland.org.uk
Cassette Books
http://www.calibre.org.uk
Ouch!
Disability magazine with news, features, opinion and humour!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/
TEACHING
Blackboard 5.5 - Making modules accessible
http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ltsu/5min_guide_module_accessible.htm
Accessible Assessments
http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/lti/accessibleassessments
Meeting the needs of students
on Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism courses.
http://www.hlst.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/resources.html
Equal access Computer
Labs
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Technology/comp.access.html
Equal access to Software and Information
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Teaching Mathematics to people with visual impairments
http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/
HEFCE - Lots of good info including Guidelines for Accessible
Courseware
http://www.hefce.ac.uk
The Publishers Association
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getaltformat
SIGHT IMPAIRED
Vision Connection
http://www.lighthouse.org/medical?gclid=CJP5po6OppMCFQobQgodTRc8ow
AUTISM AND ASPERGERS SYNDROME
The National Autistic Society
http://www.nas.org.uk/
http://www.autism.org.uk/asperger
Aspies
http://www.aspies.co.uk/
AS Support Group Online
http://www.assupportgrouponline.co.uk/
Information on Aspergers
http://www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/
University Students with Autism and Aspergers
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/index.html
DYSLEXIA OR DYSPRAXIA
Dyspraxia Foundation
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
Dyslexic students
at University or College
http://www.dyslexia-college.com
British Dyslexia
Association
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
EPILEPSY
Epilepsy Action
Scotland
http://www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk
Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/
HEARING IMPAIRED
Strategies for Teaching students with hearing impairments
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/hearing.html
MENTAL HEALTH
MIND - the mental
health charity
http://www.mind.org.uk
Directgov
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/HealthAndSupport/MentalHealth/DG_10023439