Disability Support Specialists

Network Building Questionnaire

Towards Inclusive Universities Project

TIU3 – Survey (text format)

The person filling in this form is:

• disability advisor/officer/coordinator
• senior administrator
• academic staff
• disabled student

Contact information of the person filling in the survey

• Name:
• Position:
• Institution:
• Town:
• Country:
• Phone number:
• Contact email:
• Disability website:

1(a). Is there a disability law in your country? Yes/ No

1(b). (If the answer to the Question 1(a) is 'yes')
Does it mention Higher Education?  Yes/No

1(c). (If the answer to the Question 1(a) is 'yes')
Which year was the law passed?

2(a). Does your university have a disability policy? Yes/No

2(b). (If the answer to the Question 2(a) is 'yes')
Is the policy implemented?  Yes/No

2(c). How is implementation monitored?

3(a). What is the total number of students at your university?

3(b). How many of these students have informed the institution that they have a disability – whether apparent (eg walking difficulty, deafness, etc) or non-apparent (eg mental health condition, dyslexia)?

3(c). How do the students provide this information?

Other (please specify)

4. In your university who is responsible for the needs of disabled students? (Multiple answers are allowed)

• An individual disability adviser/officer/coordinator/..
• A “student support” team (see question 3)
• A disability team (see question 3)
• A student counselor
• A psychologist
• Other (please specify)

5. Who provides support for disabled students?
Describe the student support/disability/other team:

o Where are they located in the university?
o How many people are involved?
o What are their activities?
o What are their opening hours?
o Who is the team responsible to in the administrative hierarchy?

6. What are the main types of support that students need? (Multiple answers are allowed)

• study skills
• special arrangements for exams
• mobility on campus
• social skills
• Other (please specify)

7. How is the disability support funded?

7(a). Is there a specific budget for disability support? Yes/No

7(b). If yes,  who provides the budget? How is it managed and allocated?

7(c). Other financial sources: (projects, sponsorship, cooperation, etc)?

7(d). What activities involve volunteers? What activities involve cooperation with organisations, etc?

8. How are students and staff informed about disability support?

• brochures
• webpage
• e-group
• training
• Campaigns
• Other  :  Give details

9(a). Is any disability training organized:

Other (please specify)

9(b). Does the Disability Office prepare training materials?  Yes/ no Give details:

10(a). Have there been any specific disability projects at your university?   Yes/No

10(b). Who organized them? Under which funding programme, on which specific subjects?

11. Can you describe one case study of a student with a disability at your institution.
--What was the student's course/department?
--What barriers did the student face?
--What was done to support the student and what support measures worked?
Do not use the student's name; use initials (A.B.) to hide the identity of the student.

12. Please describe 3 practices used at your university to provide effective support for disabled students. (This question requires an answer.)

13(a). If there is no disability support at your university, are there any plans to provide this in the future?   Yes/No

13(b). If there is already some disability support at your university, are there any plans to improve it in the future?   Yes/No

13(c). If yes, what are the 3 most important priorities?

14. What is needed to develop better support? (Multiple answers are allowed)

• Cooperation with other universities
• Success stories
• National law
• University disability policy
• Other (Please specify)