Pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Special teaching in higher education / Stuart Powell -- Pt. 2. The context for change -- 2. From exclusion to inclusion: some lessons from abroad / Jeremy Cooper -- 3. Communications and information technology (C&IT) for disabled students / Martyn Cooper -- Pt. 3. Visual and auditory impairments: physical disability -- 4. Supporting deaf students in higher education / Joy Jarvis and Pamela Knight -- 5. Students with visual impairment / Archie W. N. Roy -- 6. Able student, disabled person: access to courses in higher education by students with physical disabilities / Alan V. Jones and Christopher Hopkins -- 7. Issues for pedagogy (1) / Stuart Powell -- Pt. 4. Specific learning issues -- 8. Students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties / Stella Cottrell -- 9. Overseas learners of English in higher education / Tim Parke -- 10. Students with autism and Asperger's syndrome / Tim Luckett and Stuart Powell -- 11. Issues for pedagogy (2).