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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

The Scholarly Teacher

In a current research study, regarding preferred accommodations in composition classes, students preferred books on tape or other recording and extended time for assignments and tests (Dewey, 2023). link] safety/disability-services/differences.aspx DO-IT. Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology:| DO-IT.

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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In 2018-19, Edinburgh had the largest Welcome Week Facebook group with over 5000 followers. Scholarships and Student Funding work with The Advice Place, Finance and ACE; the Careers Service works with Student Disability Service , and SRA. She manages the Student Support Services’ annual review process.

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Digital tools to support inclusion

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Pixabay CC0 Digital tools can not fix an illness or take away a disability, but they can play a huge part in enabling participation. I’m also an education researcher, working 5 hours a week, currently on a lecture recording project in the School of Mathematics. Apr 10, 2018

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Top ten Teaching Matters posts of 2021

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

” (August 2018): [link] Professor Stephen Lawrie’s post from 2018 garnered lots of views this year: could this be a consequence of the pandemic and the growing awareness around breaking the taboos relating to mental health? . Ben Marder’s research on the perks of using smiley faces in emails continues to captivate!

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An Ode to Academia in the post-pandemic era: Ableism, (un)Seen (dis)Abilities & access-ability of Online Teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

And much similar to the broader neo-liberalised academia, it is highly competitive with an overemphasis on excellence in teaching and research activity ( Brown and Leigh, 2018 ). Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics? Disability & society , 33 , 985-989. References Bennett, C. Brown, N. &

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