It is important to make information for disabled students accessible. You may find the following resources useful in helping to achieve this.
The UK Government disability website
www.disability.gov.uk
Microsoft's accessible technology website
www.microsoft.com/enable
Users of Microsoft Office 2003 can access an online workshop about creating accessible documents at http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC063800961033.
Mencap's guidelines for accessible writing (pdf format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
www.mencap.org.uk/download/making_myself_clear.pdf
A guide to making documents accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired
www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html
The British Dyslexia Association's dyslexia style guide:
http://81.89.134.99/main/information/extras/x09frend.asp
Access Summit
www.access-summit.ac.uk
HESA statistics on disabled students
2003-04 - www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/disab0304.htm
2002-03 - www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/disab0203.htm
2001-02 - www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/disab0102.htm
