Dealing with Changes in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Higher Education

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Abstract

This paper disusses necessary changes and adaptations faced in supporting students with disabilities at Linz University within the last 20 years and the methodology used compared to other support schemes around Europe. The research is based on findings from the study " Social Situation of People with Disabilitis in Austria", the only formal Austrian study also dealing with disability and higher education (as information on a possible "disability" is numbered among "highly" sensitive personal data" and therefore not formally surveyed during enrollment), findings from an own survey collecting information from support structures for students with disabilities at Universities in Europe and experiences from supporting students with most diverse (dis-)abilities, skills and knowledge
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputers Helping People with Special Needs
Editors Miesenberger; Karshmer; Penaz; Zagler
Place of PublicationBerlin Heidelberg
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages25
Number of pages8
Volume7382
ISBN (Print)9783642315213
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 202031 Network engineering
  • 503015 Subject didactics of technical sciences
  • 503 Educational Sciences
  • 508003 Library science
  • 303008 Ergonomics

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
  • Social Systems, Markets and Welfare States
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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