It is election time here on campus. Although I am still generally uninterested, I still think that the student population is unrepresentative of the general population. More disabled people are going to uni than ever before, but ‘we’ are still underrepresented in higher education. Uni, I fear, is still an uninclusive area, geared towards more traditional methods of learning. You go to lectures, then you go to the library to read around the subject, then you write an essay. I think I’m reasonably good at this, but to some it is ultimately exclusive. Some people with disabilities just don’t work like this. that’s not to say they need to be ‘spoon fed’ information, but they take in and express knowledge and learning in other ways. I just think that the academic system should adapt to reflect this more.

I look forward to the day that the first essay is submitted in Bliss or Makaton.