Funding for disabled students

Does funding for disabled students exist in Malta? What level of assistance is available? I am not aware about any vehicle allocating funding for disabled students who would like to further their study once they finish their obligatory schooling. Assistance in the purchase of tech may be pursued mainly through KNPD and FITA, but the […]

Activity 15.3 Students’ voices

Digital technology has brought about improvement in accessibility. In one of the videos, Neal Ewers of the Trace Research Center works on whether application software work well with screen readers. Whilst I was using a screen reader I was not able to think from the perspective of a blind student e.g. It never crossed my […]

3.1 Models of disability

Disability means, ‘a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of a person.’ (Equal Opportunities act, Malta, 2000) medical model – disabled people are seen as the problem. They need to change and adapt to circumstances (if they can), and there is no suggestion that society needs […]