Stuttering, disability and the higher education sector in Australia

- Meredith, Grant, Packman, Ann, Marks, Genee

Title
Stuttering, disability and the higher education sector in Australia
Creator
Meredith, Grant; Packman, Ann; Marks, Genee
Date
2012
Type
Text; Journal article
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/40888
Identifier
vital:4720
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2012.683809
Identifier
ISSN:1754-9515
Abstract
The aim of this study was to ascertain the extent to which Australian public universities and their associated disability liaison services offer web-based information for current or prospective students who stutter. The disability pages of the websites of all 39 public universities in Australia were visited and the information about disability services assessed according to 12 criteria developed by the authors. Results indicate that there is a dearth of information on Australian university websites available for students or prospective students who stutter. Only 13% of the sites reported any form of alternative teaching and assessment procedures for speech-impaired students and only 51% of 39 disability liaison officers responded when contacted by email. Such a student could not make an informed choice to enrol in a university based upon the information on disability services available on public Australian university websites. © 2012 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited.
Relation
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 14, no. 4 (2012), p. 370-376
Rights
Copyright The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited.
Rights
Open Access
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
1103 Clinical Sciences; 1702 Cognitive Science; 2004 Linguistics; Disability; Stuttering; Universities
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