Disability Awareness Session

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Disability Awareness Session

• Educational Implications of being Deaf/Hard of
  Hearing
• November 28th 2007

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Outline of Presentation

• Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Areas of Study
• Support programmes
• Success of Students
• Challenges for the Future To increase the
  numbers of students who are deaf/hard of hearing

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Goals of Disability Support Service

• To enable students with Disabilities achieve
  their educational and vocational goals in an
  inclusive learning environment
• To integrate students with disabilities in all
  areas of college life
• To raise awareness of the rights and needs of
  persons with disabilities throughout college and
  the wider community
• To assist students with disabilities make a
  successful transition to employment

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Growth in Numbers
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The students

• 4 Deaf students
• 27 Hard of Hearing students

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The students
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Educational Supports Offered to students who are
Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Notetaking Support
• Subject Specific Tuition
• Academic Skills Programme
• Contracting of ISL interpreters
• Alternative Examination Arrangements
• Splitting of Degree Programme over two years

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Examples of Alternative Examination Arrangements

• Extra time
• Shared smaller room/venue which is accessible

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Technological Supports Offered to students who
are Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• A New Assistive Technology Lab
• Has just opened
• On
• The Ground Floor of the Boole Library
• Linda Doran is the Assistive Technology Officer
• In UCC

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General Supports offered to Students who are
Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Linking with Departmental Representatives
• ISL Interpreters
• Workplace Integration Programme Liaising with
  employers positive to Disability and FAS
• Advice and Advocacy
• Funding Support
• Awareness Raising on behalf of these students

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The Graduates

• These students achieve examination results on a
  par with their peers and are generally very high
  achievers
• 85 of students who are deaf/hard of hearing go
  on to postgraduate study after their primary
  degree
• 83 of students who graduated in the last 2 years
  are known to be working. Fields of employment
  include primary school teachers, computing and
  owning their own business.

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Challenges for the Future

• Increase the participation of students who are
  Deaf/Hard of Hearing in UCC by
• Liaison with primary and Second Level Education
• Liaison with Support Teachers for Deaf
• Learn from best practice worldwide

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What can you do?

• Face your class at all times where possible
• Dont put your hands in front of your face or
  have any objects i.e. a pen in your mouth
  obstructing it.
• Repeat any questions asked by class members back
  before answering the question

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Contact Details

• Darrelle Keegan
• Email d.keegan_at_ucc.ie
• Phone [phone] ( Monday/Tuesday)
• 021 490 3424 (Wednesday/Thursday/Friday)
• Fax [phone]
• Website www.ucc.ie/dss