This book is written for all lecturers in higher education who may not have previous experience of working with disabled students, but now wish to develop a better understanding of the issues involved.

1 Improving access to higher education for disabled people 2 From a disabling world to a new vision 3 Listening to students: the experiences of disabled students of learning at university 4 Academic standards and benchmark descriptors 5 Supporting staff in developing inclusive online learning 6 Using Universal Design for Learning to expand access to higher education 7 Supporting inclusive practice: developing an assessment toolkit 8 Learning, teaching and disabled students: challenging traditional models of support 9 Disability and omnicompetence: facing up to the challenges in the training of veterinary practitioners 10 Language issues for deaf students in higher education 11 Creating engaging, accessible multimedia for learning 12 Enhancing disabled students' learning through virtual learning environments 13 Disability and mainstreaming continuing professional development in higher education 14 Supporting disabled students on placement 15 Equal to the task: disability issues in postgraduate research study 16 Conclusion: a manifesto for mainstreaming inclusive practice