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Basic Introduction to Disability Inclusion in Higher Education

Are you interested in learning more about disability and how to support your university in becoming more inclusive? This E-Learning course will introduce you to the basics you need to get started. Take this course if you are ready to learn about the barriers faced by people with disabilities in higher education and beyond, some helpful tips on including people with different types of impairments, and respectful ways to communicate.

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March 22, 2023
A man with a physical impairment sits at a blue desk working at a computer.
Best Practices

Nasif is Banking After Soft Skills Training

When Nasif graduated in January 2020, he drafted a resume, which he sent out to different businesses. Despite being called for interviews by a few companies, these did not result in employment as he had anticipated. “Fortunately, I landed an internship opportunity at the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) upon applying in 2019,” he says. The soft skills training equipped Nasif and other young job seekers with disabilities with the skills that they need to compete favorably in the labor market. The 1-day training includes sessions on CV writing, building self-esteem, networking, how to prepare for interviews, as well as communicating their reasonable accommodation needs to a prospective employer.

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March 15, 2023
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Best Practices

Uganda Breweries Limited’s Journey to Disability Inclusion

Uganda Breweries Limited considers inclusion and diversity a business priority, forming part of its company wide business strategy. Under this deliverable, the company sought to actualise its commitment to have at least 5% of its staff to be people with disabilities. This commitment was made by the Rosemary Nakuya, UBL Human Resource Business Partner, at the UBDN launch, “We had already been working with some people with disabilities, and through them, we were able to learn what they needed to succeed at work. From this experience, we took the challenge to create more employment placement opportunities for young graduates with disabilities.”

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March 15, 2023
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For the Institution

Accessible Academic Publishing

In past years students with print disabilities relied on university resource units, non-profit organizations or even volunteers to provide access to their academic texts. Fortunately, this is changing for the better.

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October 11, 2022
For the Institution

Make Libraries Inclusive 

Libraries provide us with a vast resource of knowledge whereby a student can access books, journals, periodicals, newspapers and other learning resources. To make the library inclusive ensures that persons with disabilities have equal access to both the physical and digital library.

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October 11, 2022
For the Institution

Web Accessibility

Websites, Learning Management Systems, online Libraries and any information distributed through the internet needs to be easy to use for everyone including learners with disabilities.

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October 11, 2022
For the Institution

Responsibilities of Education Institutions

Educational institutions have the responsibility of ensuring that all learners including persons with disabilities have equal access to all facilities and services. Technology can play a role in accommodating different disabilities.

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October 11, 2022
For the Educator

Providing accessible materials

Persons with print disabilities cannot read hard copy book or photo-copy sheets or digital text stored as an image. These materials need to be converted into editable digital text documents to make them readable by persons with print disabilities on their devices.

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October 11, 2022
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