Definitions and Terminology

Action Access have produced a wide range of publications and guides in response to requests by practitioners and policy makers to have a better understanding of disability. The rough guide for widening participation practitioners is arranged in four sections.

Disability context
Initiatives and drivers
Disability and the educational life cycle
Widening participation initiatives

This disability guide intends to provide information for staff with varying degrees of experience and awareness of disability. The guide is an excellent introduction to terminology and definitions linked to disabilities and can be downloaded from the Action Access website under resources then Publications. www.actiononaccess.org