Rough data analysis for individual reasonable adjustments made for disabled students to their HE learning materials (for the academic year 2015-16 so far, as at 29 February 2016). This relates to a presentation made on 17 February 2016 by Jennie Augustyniak, an MAODE student of The Open University. The presentation asked 'How open is the digital environment for disabled students in higher education?' and described how a learning activity and workshop are used to explore why 'digital' is not necessarily 'open' and look for effective solutions.

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Table 1. Reasonable adjustments shown by academic unit and disability
Academic Unit
%age stds
requested
RA
%age
disabled
stds
Sight
disability
Speech &
Hearing
disability
Physical
disability
SpLD
disability
Mental
health
disability
Unseen
& Other
disability
Access0.3%19.5%2.1%4.2%28.6%18.7%23.1%23.4%
Arts0.4%19.8%4.5%5.8%37.4%11.3%21.1%19.9%
Business & Law0.6%12.5%4.7%4.4%33.1%17.8%19.5%20.5%
Education & Language Studies1.1%13.9%4.4%4.6%33.2%18.6%17.8%21.3%
Health & Social Care1.0%16.7%3.2%4.5%30.4%19.7%21.5%20.7%
Maths, Comp, & Tech0.3%13.3%3.5%4.8%28.1%23.8%20.3%19.4%
Science1.0%18.0%3.6%4.2%29.9%19.2%23.1%20.1%
Social Sciences0.8%21.1%3.2%4.0%33.8%13.5%24.8%20.7%
All Units Totals0.7%16.5%3.8%4.6%32.7%16.8%21.7%20.4%
Chart 1. All disability types across all academic unitsChart 2. Disabled students shown by academic unit
Sight disability
4%Speech & Hearing
disability
4%
Physical
disability
33%
SpLD disability
17%
Mental health
disability
22%
Unseen & Other
disability
20%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
AccessArtsBusiness &
Law
Education
&
Language
Studies
Health &
Social Care
Maths,
Comp, &
Tech
ScienceSocial
Sciences

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Chart 3. Reasonable adjustments and %age disabled students shown by academic unit
19.5%
19.8%
12.5%
13.9%
16.7%
13.3%
18.0%
21.1%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
AccessArtsBusiness & LawEducation & Language
Studies
Health & Social CareMaths, Comp, & TechScienceSocial Sciences
%age disabled stds%age stds requested RA

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Chart 4. RAs and sight disability shown by academic unitChart 5. RAs and speech & hearing disability by academic unit
Chart 6. RAs and physical disability shown by academic unit
0.3%
0.4%0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
2.1%
4.5%
4.7%
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0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
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3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5.0%
AccessArtsBusiness
& Law
Education
&
Language
Studies
Health &
Social
Care
Maths,
Comp, &
Tech
ScienceSocial
Sciences
%age stds requested RASight disability
0.3%0.4%0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
4.2%
5.8%
4.4%4.6%4.5%
4.8%
4.2%4.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
AccessArtsBusiness &
Law
Education
&
Language
Studies
Health &
Social Care
Maths,
Comp, &
Tech
ScienceSocial
Sciences
%age stds requested RASpeech & Hearing disability
28.6%
37.4%
33.1%33.2%
30.4%
28.1%
29.9%
33.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
AccessArtsBusiness & LawEducation & Language
Studies
Health & Social CareMaths, Comp, & TechScienceSocial Sciences
Physical disability%age stds requested RA

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Chart 7. RAs and SpLD disability shown by academic unit
Chart 8. RAs and mental health disability shown by academic unit
18.7%
11.3%
17.8%
18.6%
19.7%
23.8%
19.2%
13.5%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
AccessArtsBusiness & LawEducation & Language
Studies
Health & Social CareMaths, Comp, & TechScienceSocial Sciences
SpLD disability%age stds requested RA
23.1%
21.1%
19.5%
17.8%
21.5%
20.3%
23.1%
24.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
AccessArtsBusiness & LawEducation & Language
Studies
Health & Social CareMaths, Comp, & TechScienceSocial Sciences
Mental health disability%age stds requested RA

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Chart 9. RAs and unseen & other disability by academic unit
Table 2. Reasonable adjustments shown by type and availability of Print on Demand (POD)
Reasonable adjustment requested
Print online
materials
Comb-
binding
(En) Large
printTranscripts
Print online
+
adaptationOtherWord
Format
change
POD
modules
All 2015-1678%1%5%1%13%1%1%0%3%
Chart 10. Reasonable adjustments shown by type
23.4%
19.9%20.5%
21.3%20.7%
19.4%
20.1%20.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
AccessArtsBusiness & LawEducation & Language
Studies
Health & Social CareMaths, Comp, & TechScienceSocial Sciences
Unseen & Other disability%age stds requested RA
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
Print online materials
(En) Large print
Print online + adaptation
Word

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Chart 11. RAs shown by level for Education & Language Studies modules
Chart 12. RAs shown by level for Business & Law modulesChart 13. RAs shown by level for Social Sciences modules
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0.50%
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Chart 14. RAs shown by level for Health & Social Care modulesChart 15. RAs shown by level for Arts modules
Chart 16. RAs shown by level for Maths, Comp, & Tech modulesChart 17. RAs shown by level for Science modules
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Chart 18. RAs shown by level for All Units - %age of registered students
Chart 19a. RAs shown by level for All Units - number of registered students - layout to compare with Chart 18
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2.00%
3.00%
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Chart 19b. RAs shown by level for All Units - number of registered students - alternative layout
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