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The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001--The implications for higher education

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  • Brading , J. and Curtis , J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 2nd edn , 79 – 80 . London : Page . Case no. 1800507/97, 11 September 1997
  • Brading , J. and Curtis , J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 2nd edn , 84 London : Page .
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 3 – 5 . Bristol : Jordans . For further discussion, see
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 139 Bristol : Jordans . Original provisions in the DDA relating to higher education were limited to matters such as the requirement to provide information about the provision of facilities for education made by the institution in respect of disabled persons, see s 30 (3) and for full provisions ss29-31. The initial exclusion of education from the scope of services was controversial because of the important role education plays in helping to ensure full and equal opportunities for disabled people. For further discussion, see
  • 1999 . From Exclusion to Inclusion A Report of the Disability Rights Task Force on Civil Rights for Disabled People , London : DfEE .
  • 1996 . Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability , London : HMSO . Part I, para 12
  • 1996 . Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability , London : HMSO . Part I, para 13. See also Morgan v. Staffordshire University [2002] IRLR 190
  • Brading , J. and Curds , J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 2nd edn 74 Case no. S/400005/97, 30 July 1997, cited by
  • World Health Organization . International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps: A Manual of Classification Relating to the Consequences of Disease, 1980 Geneva The WHO classification of impairment, disability and handicap defines impairment as 'any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function'
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 9 – 10 . Bristol : Jordans .
  • 1996 . Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability , London : HMSO . Part II, para A1
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 8 Bristol : Jordans . Doyle notes that the legislature hoped to provide certainty, avoid vagueness and also create a common sense definition which fitted the generally held perception of disability and who is disabled.
  • Tierney , S. 2001 . 'A Reluctance to be Defined "Disabled": How Can a Social Model of Disability Enhance Understanding of Anorexia?' . Disability and Society , 16 : 5 highlighting the reluctance of sufferers of anorexia to be defined as disabled and Tighe's study involving women with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury
  • Tighe , C.A. 2001 . '"Working at Disability": A Qualitative Study of the Meaning of Health and Disability for Women with Physical Impairments' . Disability and Society , 16 : 4
  • Connolly , M. 2002 . The Meaning of Disability: Physical and Mental Impairment' . Industrial Law Journal , 31 (156) June 2002 (Lexis transcript)
  • Barnes , C. 2000 . 'A Working Social Model? Disability, Work and Disability Politics in the Twenty-First Century' . Critical Social Policy , 20 : 4
  • Connolly , M. 2002 . 'The Meaning of Disability: Physical and Mental Impairment' . Industrial Law Journal , 31 (156) June 2002 (Lexis transcript)
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 57 Bristol : Jordans . HC Deb Standing Committee E, col 208, cited by
  • Brading , J. and Curtis , J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 2nd edn , 71 London : Page .
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 54 – 55 . Bristol : Jordans . See Kenny v. Hampshire Constabulary [1999] IRLR 76, EAT and
  • Doyle , B.J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 3rd edn , 59 Bristol : Jordans . HC Deb Standing Committee E, col 196, cited by
  • Brading , J. and Curtis , J. 2000 . Disability Discrimination, , 2nd edn , 53 London : Page . Case no. 2302136/97, 24 October 1997
  • Underwood , K. 2002 . 'Disability, Reasonable Adjustments And Knowledge' . Employment Law & Litigation , 7.8 (21) 11 October EAT 113/01, unreported, 12 April 2001. Cited by, (Lexis transcript)
  • Underwood , K. 2002 . 'Disability, Reasonable Adjustments And Knowledge' . Employment Law & Litigation , 7.8 (21) 11 October For further discussion relating to the employment field see, (Lexis transcript)
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