Dear Colleague, Several members of this list work in the area of communication and education for the disabled. In the course of working with the disabled, you may have come across material or information that would help Ozcan Konur in his research. If you work with your schools admissions policy or you are involved with information for the disabled, you may also be able to help him locate resources. If you can also pass this on to the appropriate administrator at your school, it will also be a great service to this project. Ken Friedman Request for information on research on access to international education by disabled international and home students An interdisciplinary research project at City University, the United Kingdom, has looked into the legal and public policy issues in access to higher education by disabled students since October 1998. A research project has been set up since June 1999 at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm and a work in progress research paper, [Konur, O. (2000) Creating enforceable civil rights for disabled students in higher education: an institutional theory perspective, Disability and Society 15(7), pp. 1041-1063, also online at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/dspaper.htm published in December 2000 may give further information about the nature and scope of this research project. This project has been self-funded by the hearing-disabled and language-learning disabled researcher who has also been a disabled student for the past seven years. This project has been extended to the research on access to international education by disabled international and home students. The expected outcome of the research would be publication of peer-reviewed papers and policy papers submitted to statutory bodies in the UK, Australia, Europe, and the US. It is also possible to publish an online resource directory at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index at the end of the project segment. The information is respectfully requested on: The case law on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The peer-reviewed research papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The policy papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The service development project reports concerning access to international education by disabled students The case studies on on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The statistical information on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The focus would be on the US, the UK, Australia, and Europe. It would cover the research on access to higher education in the host countries by disabled international students as well as the research on access to international education by the host country students. The areas of research may include the funding mechanisms for the study related costs and disability-related costs, social security benefits, advisory support offered by the statutory and or voluntary bodies, access to local national public funding, the coverage of disabled international students by the host and or foreign country disability law, higher education law, and social and health service law. Any help received for the project purposes would be publicly acknowledged. The expected life of this segment of the project is three months and it would be helpful to receive any such materials within one month from the date of this message. Further enquiries would be welcome as well as any other support help and guidance. Ozcan KONUR Postal address: Rehabilitation Resource Centre Walmsley Building, Room W223 City University, Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom. E-mail: okonur@hotmail.com Research project URL: http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm Phone: 020 7040 0271