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The purpose of this paper is to discuss media and aids that assist/allow Special Needs students to learn in accordance with their abilities. The media and aids discussed are categorized by the special areas in which they are most commonly found. It is hoped that this discussion will lead to a mutual sharing of ideas and a reminder that each of these aids may serve many purposes. The discussion will include various media used with hearing impaired—gifted program, in the mainstreaming process, and in general; severely and profoundly handicapped (two or more handicapping conditions); vision/hearing impaired; physically handicapped; teachers as a visual aid for learning; teacher-made materials; and teacher/parent devised machines. Special Education and its population are ever changing and present new challenges daily to the ingenuity of a media staff. Media people and teachers should, therefore, be flexible and willing to try most anything before ruling it out as not workable. We have often been surprised at the success of ideas once thought to be silly. We, at the media center, believe that MEDIA means: Media can Educate and Develop Innate Ability.

This paper reports an attempt to explore the relationship between the abilities of some ex-Secondary Modern boys and the degree of selectivity to which each had been subjected in being allocated to a non-selective school. It was found that the correlation with arithmetical ability was positive (0.521) whilst the correlation with verbal ability was negative (-0.382). Two possible reasons behind the discrepancy between the correlations are discussed: the pattern of ability found in the sample studied and differential experience of secondary education according to selectivity conditions. It is tentatively suggested that the findings indicate a wastage of arithmetical ability.

This paper explores philosophical and strategic possibilities to understand the concept of co-Ability, and generate critical and new insights to our value system in human centred societal challenges. I apply an experimental approach of research through design, analysed from an interpretive point of view to prove a grounded theory. The paper starts from a prosthesis development presented as a tangible pragmatic procedure. The purpose of the case study is the notion of care through practical design that is marked with concern since the probability of harm can be incised by pure design decisions. Instead of describing the politics of roles and ethics in a situation characterised by 'design for care' inspirations, I use reflection on design practice to understand embodied thoughts concerning relationships and the ways of doing. In the second part of the paper, I proceed with literature review in disability research and parallel design strategies. In the final section – in relation to co-design – I introduce the term of 'co-Ability' that is rooted in the critical approach of posthuman disability studies outlined by scholars such as Rosi Braidotti. It serves as a broad umbrella term under which we can reconsider the potentials of various entities (biological and artificial) enhancing the shared competence rather than dwelling on the oppressive nature of human-centred norms. Overall, I suggest that the dominant normative vision manifesting in societal challenges is in relational matter with multiple body representations.

In May 2007 UNHCR established an internal working group to look at developing in-house policies for people with disabilities both for the benefit of people of concern to us and for staff members. Adapted from the source document.