SERVICIOS UNIVERSITARIOS DE ATENCIÓN AL ALUMNADO CON DISCAPACIDAD EN ESPAÑA

ABSTRACT The services or units that cater for students with disabilities, available in most Spanish universities, share common lines of action, focused on the removal of architectural barriers, on the improvement of accessibility, advice, guidance, and training and information to the entire university community. The descriptive study reported in this paper purported to know and analyze the current situation of these services, to help university institutions to establish new objectives and actions to be incorporated into their educational and organizational policies and to reinforce guidance and mentoring processes before, during and after entering university. The main results show that in most of the universities analyzed, both public and private, there is a service or unit that caters for students with disabilities; these services are heterogeneous in their name, dependence, and actions; they seek to guarantee equal opportunities and inclusion of students with disabilities, and the main areas of intervention focus on guidance, and technical and pedagogical support. [...]it should be noted that one of the priority lines of intervention is awareness raising, information and training for the entire university community and individualized attention.