The section is not intended to be an expert review of disability, but rather a resource to show the ingenuity and skills that students have shown in the way they have used technologies to support their studies.
However, the team received requests for the types of difficulties presented by students to guide users to strategies that may be helpful. The links below not only represent the categories used as a filter system for the strategies but also provide more detailed information about disability and inclusion in teaching and learning environments as laid out in the Equality Act 2010: Implications for higher education institutions.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Blind or Partially Sighted
- Colour Deficiency
- Deafness or Hearing loss
- Dexterity and Mobility
- Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties
- Mental Health
- Planning and Organisation
- Repetitive Strain Injuries
- Short-Term Memory
- Visual Stress
Personas are widely used to help designers, developers and project managers to ensure that user needs are considered when selecting and creating digital tools. The MOOCAP project created a number of personas to help with learning inclusive design and digital accessibility: