TIU invites all universities, wherever in Europe and globally across the world, whatever their current level of disability services, to take part in this survey.  This survey aims to

• collect information from experienced universities that began years ago;
• recognise the progress of those that started more recently;
• guide the choices of those thinking about how to take the first steps.

Please fill in the SURVEY  

First read through the survey; you might want to prepare questions 5 and 11 before you fill in the survey. Think what information will be useful for other universities to know so they can provide better conditions for disabled students.   It takesabout 15-20 minutes to answer the 12 questions.  You can preview the survey in TEXT format. 

NOTE: The first page must be fully completed before moving to the next page; If there is NO WEBSITE, please write 'NO WEBSITE YET', 'Coming soon', etc..

 By collecting data – problems, needs and solutions - from a wide range of institutions in many countries, the outcome will offer many ideas for disability specialists and disabled students facing all sorts of barriers, whether they are on highly academic courses or studying in countries undermined by lack of infrastructure. 

Who fills in the Survey:

1. If possible the survey should be filled in by an official Disability Officer/Advisor/Coordinator.  
2. If not, a senior administrator responsible for student welfare.
3. If not, an academic member of staff interested in the issue. 
   
4. If none of these are available, a disabled student may give the answers: although the information s/he gives will not be official, it will give the beginning of a data base for this university/ institution. 

Survey analysis

The results of this survey will be given on www.tiu.org.tr in August 2009.

Only positive information (successes, achievements, good practice, ...) will be shown online for each university.  Other information (problems, lack of progress, etc) will be analysed statistically and given on a regional basis; universities will not be named.  Anonymity is important to encourage institutions to share information that will help understand problems.

Student case studies will be listed according to 'Department/ course studied' and 'Student disability'.  This information will also be anonymous: the student's experience is important, not their identity; each student will be 'named' with initials (like M.T.).    

With this information, anyone - whether a disabled student, disability advisor, lecturer, administrator, school teacher or parent - will be able to look up 'people like me', understand how they have studied at university and know that they are not alone.  

You can read some Survey outcomes before filling in your survey.

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