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Institutional Resources for Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Process of Higher Education

Nowadays there is an increasing number of persons with disabilities that feel the urge to pursue their education in higher education institutions. A wide array of institutional resources at different levels enable the inclusion of persons with disabilities into higher education. This primarily refers to organizational resources and professional staff resources, including services and student counselling within universities or particular faculties, current legislation (development strategies), financial support, environmental support, ICT support and others. One of the recent developments in that area is the introduction of personal assistants that provide peer support in studying to students with disabilities. One specific aspect of support needs to be emphasized among all the other components, namely, ICT support, ranging from defining customized websites of institutions to specific software addressing the needs of students with disabilities. This paper presents initial experiences in organizing a supportive/effective academic environment for students with disabilities by means of contemporary information and communications technology. Although the described experiences have arisen from the early stage of establishing an effective learning environment for students with disabilities, they can be valuable in future implementation of such an environment.

Inclusion ; Students with dissabilities

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