Dr. Aideen Hartney:

-----become part of how business is done.

On the IT side of things, more and more students with disabilities in schools are using technology to provide accommodation for themselves. It is on the agenda and it is about training for the teachers as well as the students as to how this becomes embedded. If we think of it as along the pathway of life whereby, for example, if somebody is using technology within the classroom to assist them, that then carries through to assessment situations. It is about that kind of joined-up thinking. Dr. Craddock answered Senator Murphy O'Mahony's question in terms of what is necessary in relation to AT but we are conscious these are modules within the teacher education and training they get. Perhaps there is scope to look at that overall curriculum in order that disability competence becomes a wider part of teacher training, along with AT or access to IT. I am conscious it is already a very busy curriculum for them and that would need to be considered.