26 October 2013 at 10:49 AM Disability History Month is an annual event that helps raise awareness of disability equality issues, and the history of disabled people’s struggle for equality and human rights. It helps provide role models for disabled students, raising aspiration and ambition. What events are you holding to celebrate?
Disability 23 September 2013 at 06:40 PM Do you have a mechanism for monitoring which staff absences are related to a disability? Does your sickness absence policy consider reasonable adjustments for disabled people? Are you aware of the practical implications of the 'HMRC Commissioners v Whitely' case?
Disability 10 July 2013 at 07:18 PM Would your staff know that someone with a nut allergy, who has to carry an epi-pen, would probably be covered by the definition of a disabled person? Are your staff confident to carry out risk assessments with disabled students when a health and safety issue such as this one has been identified? Does your organisation have medication procedures in place that includes the issue of emergency administration of medication?
8 March 2013 at 01:03 PM Scope has recently published ‘The other care crisis: Making social care funding work for disabled adults in England’, in liaison with Mencap, the National Autistic Society, Sense and Leonard Cheshire Disability. Are your disabled students affected?
Disability 8 March 2013 at 12:46 PM Make sure you and your staff don’t miss out – I am delivering a number of E&D national events in the Spring and Summer term on behalf of the AoC, including Improving disability equality, improving practice; meeting the needs of disabled learners Embedding E&D in the curriculum E&D and the 2012 inspection framework The AoC national diversity June 2013 conference.
Disability, Education, Equality 
