title: Supporting students with disabilities.
abstract: The use of workshops to inform and question practice is common. Two workshops on supporting learners with disabilities in the clinical environment are described with support from the literature. Examples of discrimination are outlined showing a wide variation in the NHS before the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Participants outlined barriers to learning in clinical environments and ways of overcoming those barriers. They also discussed the need to develop support mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield. d.j.wright@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eathorne
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom