Spanish universities enrolled a total of 18,303 students with disabilities in bachelor’s degrees, associate degrees, master’s degrees, doctoral programs, and other studies during the 2011–2012 academic year, Fundación Universia reported Thursday.
It is precisely these students and “those who come after them” whom the Guide to Disability Support at University 2012 is aimed at; for the fifth consecutive year, the foundation has published it together with 74 disability support offices at Spanish universities.
Sources from the organization indicated that its target audience “is secondary-school and upper-secondary students interested in pursuing university studies,” in order to inform them about “each and every one of the resources” these academic institutions offer them.
This annual magazine therefore reports on the existence of the various disability support offices and provides “telephone numbers, email addresses, and contact addresses.”
In addition, the publication indicates what services each office offers; whether or not volunteer programs exist at the institutions; the availability of accessible environments on campus; and the possibilities for curricular adaptation in different subjects, among other matters.
According to the foundation, this guide is also aimed at university students themselves and, indirectly, at professors and the rest of the university community.
The tables on the guide’s final pages include all the actions and good practices carried out by each office, which can serve as an example for other universities, it concluded.
