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10 Reasons to Go Digital with Your Course Materials

Eric Stoller

Finances were always tight, so I tried to balance my checkbook with buying actual books. When eTextbooks include features such alternative text descriptions of visuals and content that can be used with assistive technology, students can start reading right away, without waiting for a disability services department to create a file.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

Students with learning disabilities or ADHD, however, may be entitled to reasonable academic services and aids based on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, and ADA. To learn more about the specific services a college provides, ask the Office of Disability Services about all of the services and aids offered on campus.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. Image: A $10.9 million gift to Temple University from the estate of a graduate of the institution has particular resonance on the Philadelphia campus.

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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Scholarships and Student Funding work with The Advice Place, Finance and ACE; the Careers Service works with Student Disability Service , and SRA. All services have links with Colleges and Schools, and there are some key partnerships including but not limited to the Careers Service and Student Disability Service.

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Podcast: Student Wellbeing and the Hidden Costs of Financial Hardship (Part 2) – Episode 8

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The rest was left to the disability service, I think there was about five of them. It wasn’t even talked about in the horrible, crude, scientific sense, it was just not mentioned. For a school of over a thousand students, we had one pastoral support woman.