Cross-category / general 

  • Fernández-Batanero, Montenegro-Rueda & Fernández-Cerero (2022) — Access and Participation of Students with Disabilities. 

  • McNicholl, Casey, Desmond & Gallagher (2021) — systematic review of assistive technology use in higher education. 

  • Brewer, Urwin & Witham (2025) — Disabled student experiences of Higher Education. 

  • Papadopoulos et al. (2024) — Assistive Technology for Higher Education Students with Disabilities. 

  • Bartz (2020) — individual experiences of students with disabilities and mental disorders at German universities. 

ADHD 

  • Barkley — The Important Role of Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation in ADHD. 

  • McDougal et al. — perspectives of children with ADHD and their teachers (school-sector research applied by analogy to HE). 

  • Advance HE — Education for Mental Health Toolkit, Inclusivity: ADHD. 

Autism 

  • Tang, Griffiths & Welch (2024) — paradigm shifts on disability, inclusion, and autism in HE in England. 

  • Fabri, Fenton, Andrews & Beaton (2022) — experiences of HE students on the autism spectrum. 

  • Macleod — collaborative, holistic support model for university students with Asperger syndrome. 

Dyslexia and other specific learning differences 

  • British Dyslexia Association — practice guidance and resources. 

  • University of Strathclyde — barriers faced by students with dyslexia. 

Depression and anxiety 

  • Advance HE — Education for Mental Health Toolkit, Social Belonging. 

  • Accessible Academy 'Jo' persona (depression and anxiety) — used for the case-study strand. 

Hearing impairment and deafness 

  • Hendry, Hendry, Ige & McGrath (2021) — communication barriers for deaf Scottish students. 

  • Krasavina, Serebryakova, Ponomarenko & Zhuykova (2019) — evidence-based teaching of hearing-impaired students. 

Visual impairment and blindness 

  • Croft (2020) — experiences of visually impaired and blind students in UK HE. 

  • Hewett, Douglas & McLinden (2023) — inequality in access, success, and progression for students with vision impairment. 

Physical disabilities and mobility requirements 

  • University of Cambridge Disability Resource Centre — exam access arrangements guidance. 

  • Keele University — Supporting Students with Mobility Difficulties. 

  • Research on the educational and emotional needs of students with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

 

 

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