Marking: Students with mobility and dexterity difficulties

There maybe no indication on a written paper that the student has a mobility or dexterity difficulty – particularly where an electronic presentation is used. However, if the student has used a communication aid from birth there may be some grammatical errors and limitations to the vocabulary due to the range available in those aids that you should take account of.

Handwritten work may not be as legible as normally expected and the style of writing may change within the essay or exam paper.

The paper may have been written to dictation (by an amanuensis) and this may change the style of writing, or it may have been written using scanning and reading speech recognition software, in which case there are no spelling mistakes but some incorrect but similar sounding words may be present. These differences rarely affect the overall content.

Feedback provided electronically or by post may save the student with a mobility difficulty the necessity of coming onto campus or visiting a pigeon hole or notice board. Some students may be grateful for this assistance, others may prefer to be with other students especially when overall results are posted.

It is vital to check their preferences with the individual student.

1. Inclusive teaching
2. Universal Design for Learning
3. Preparing to teach inclusively
4. Sustaining self-esteem and motivation
5. Barriers to learning
6. Specialist support staff
7. Assistive technologies
8. Learning environments
9. Learning materials
10. Academic assessment
    1. Developing an inclusive assessment strategy
    2. Types of assessment adjustment for disabled students
    3. Written assessment
    4. Practical assessment
    5. Online assessment
    6. Oral assessment
    7. Marking and providing feedback
       1. Marking: Deaf and hard of hearing students
       2. Marking: Blind and visually impaired students
       3. Marking: Students with specific learning difficulties
       4. Marking: Students with mental health difficulties
       5. Marking: Students with mobility and dexterity difficulties