Resources
Additional Resources of the International SIG
— Books
— Research Sites
— Canadian Tech Web Sites
— Other Web Sites
— Listservs
Books
"Education with a Difference: students with learning disabilities succeed at university"
Author: Mary Ellen Clancy, Publisher Mackerel Press
Background: The author has worked as a disability service provider at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, for more than ten years now). This a very good book for helping people understand the range of difficulties experienced by students with learning disabilities.
"Hearing the Learning, a post-secondary education handbook for students who are hard of hearing."
Author: Ruth Warick, Publisher the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, Ottawa, Canada
Email: chhanational@chha.ca
Background: Ruth Warick is a disability service provider at the University of British Columbia and hard of hearing herself. This is a resource for students containing tips, information and strategies to enhance their post-secondary success. Copies are available in English or in French.
Research Sites
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The Adaptech Research Network, http://www.adaptech.org, is commencing a three-year study that will examine the accessibility for students with disabilities of the various forms of eLearning now used in Canadian colleges and universities. By investigating current and forecasted eLearning trends in Canadian higher education, we will: (1) identify facilitators and barriers for students with disabilities and (2) generate and disseminate best practices for both the higher education and postsecondary ePublishing communities. The research will involve: postsecondary students with disabilities (including learning disabilities) who have used some form of eLearning; professionals who provide disability-related supports on campus; individuals who lead and/or support eLearning initiatives in their institutions; faculty who have taught students with disabilities using some form of eLearning; and publishing industry executives responsible for postsecondary ePacks and eCourses.
This eLearning study is one component of a larger three-year initiative that has received funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's Initiative on the New Economy. Led by the University of Manitoba's Director of Disability Studies, Deborah Stienstra, the other components focusing on Canadians with disabilities are Workplace, Public Information, and eDemocracy. For further information on these other projects, contact Dr. Stienstra by e-mail at stienstr@Ms.UManitoba.CA.
For further information about the eLearning study or to get involved, e-mail Catherine Fichten, catherine.fichten@mcgill.ca, or Jennison Asuncion, Asuncion@alcor.concordia.ca.
Le réseau de recherche Adaptech (www.adaptech.org) entame une étude de trois ans qui examinera l'accessibilité, pour les étudiants ayant des incapacités, de diverses formes de cyber-apprentissage employées à l'heure actuelle dans les collèges et les universités canadiennes. L'investigation des pratiques courantes et des tendances prévues dans l'enseignement supérieur nous permettra (1) d'identifier les facteurs facilitateurs ou à l'inverse les obstacles rencontrés par les étudiants ayant des incapacités et (2) de générer puis de disséminer une liste des meilleures pratiques à la fois à la communauté de l'enseignement supérieur et à l'industrie des publications électroniques. La recherche inclura des étudiants de niveau post-secondaire ayant des incapacités qui ont utilisé une forme quelconque d'apprentissage virtuel (y compris des étudiants ayant des troubles d'apprentissage), des professionnels qui rendent disponibles des soutiens spécialisés aux étudiants ayant des incapacités sur les campus, des i ndividus qui mènent ou encore soutiennent les initiatives d'apprentissage virtuel de leurs institutions, des membres du professorat qui ont enseigné à des étudiants handicapés en employant une forme ou une autre de cyber-apprentissage, ainsi que des cadres responsables de la publication de matériel pédagogique électronique (manuels et cours virtuels)
Cette étude représente une des composantes d'un projet d'envergure de trois ans subventionné par l'Initiative de la nouvelle économie (INE), une branche du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH). Les autres composantes de cette étude visent plus particulièrement les personnes ayant des incapacités dans le milieu du travail, dans le domaine de l'information publique et au niveau de la cyber- démocratie. Ces facettes de l'étude seront coordonnées par Deborah Stienstra, la directrice des études sur les handicaps de l'université du Manitoba. Pour plus d'informations sur ces projets, veuillez contacter Dr Stienstra par courriel, stienstr@Ms.UManitoba.CA.
Pour toute information supplémentaire ou pour vous impliquer dans le projet du cyber-apprentissage, veuillez contacter Catherine Fichten, catherine.fichten@mcgill.ca, ou Jennison Asuncion, Asuncion@alcor.concordia.ca.
Centre for European Social and Economic Policy / Centre de politique sociale et économique européenne
For your pleasant information, our last research "Feasibility study about comparable statistics in the area of care of dependant adults in the European Union" has been published by EUROSTAT. You can download the full report from the following address:
Click on the title below:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?ca...
"Illness, Disability and Social Inclusion"
Our report on "Illness, Disability and Social Inclusion" has been published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. You can download it from the following site:
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/EF0335.htm and social inclusion (report)
Canadian Tech Web Sites
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mangb/asstdev/burst.html
Other Web Sites
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/faq/Education/education_faq.html
Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Disability Rights - Education FAQ
Listservs
The e-mail list Canadian Special Needs Network (CSNNET) is an open listserv that allows list members to participate in an open forum discussion of issues related to disability services. All messages sent to the CSNNET are forwarded to all of the list subscribers. To join, contact Lorie Stolarchuck (lorie@uwindsor.ca) at the University of Windsor.
http://www.deakin.edu.au/tedca/ncet/communication/austed-list.html
Aust-List covers disability support services personnel and teachers in tertiary education and training.