Los servicios de atención a estudiantes con discapacidad en las universidades de Castilla y León

We analyze the support and attention given to students with disabilities in Higher Education Institutions. This support has been included both, in the context of European Higher Education Area and in the Spanish legislative framework, in order to ensure equal opportunities, accessibility and inclusion of all students. Similar studies focused on analyzing support services for students with disabilities on Spanish universities have been considered in order to contextualize the study. The research methodology is based in cases of the support services or units in charge of students with disabilities at the universities of the region of Castilla & Leon (Spain). The main objective of this study is to analyze the performance of support services or units responsible for students with disabilities at universities of Castilla & Leon. Data have been collected through documentary analysis of universities’ institutional websites and a questionnaire targeted to managers or technicians in charge of these services. Results show that Castilla & Leon universities support services for students with disabilities have made an effort to promote inclusion procedures of students with disabilities in different university environments. However, a better managing and coordination of these services is needed.En este estudio se analiza el apoyo y la atención a los estudiantes con discapacidad en las instituciones de Educación Superior. Esta atención se enmarca en el contexto europeo de educación superior y en el marco legislativo español, desde los que se garantiza la igualdad de oportunidades, la accesibilidad y la inclusión de todos los estudiantes. La metodologíaseguida se basa en el estudio de casos, siendo las unidades de análisis los servicios de atención a la discapacidad de las universidades de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León. El objetivo general de esta investigación es analizar el funcionamiento de los servicios y unidades de apoyo a la discapacidad en las universidades de esta Comunidad Autónoma desde el punto de vista de sus responsables. Los datos han sido obtenidos mediante el análisis documental de las Web institucionales de las universidades y un cuestionario dirigido a los responsables o técnicos de los servicios de atención al estudiante con discapacidad. Las conclusiones de este estudio se sintetizan en que existen servicios de apoyo a la discapacidad en las universidades de Castilla y León que han hecho un esfuerzo por promover medidas de inclusión de los estudiantes con discapacidad en el entorno universitario, no obstante, parece necesaria una mayor estructuración y coordinación de estos servicios. We analyze the support and attention given to students with disabilities in Higher Education Institutions. This support has been included both, in the context of European Higher Education Area and in the Spanish legislative framework, in order to ensure equal opportunities, accessibility and inclusion of all students. Similar studies focused on analyzing support services for students with disabilities on Spanish universities have been considered in order to contextualize the study.The research methodology is based in cases of the support services or units in charge of students with disabilities at the universities of the region of Castilla & Leon (Spain). The main objective of this study is to analyze the performance of support services or units responsible for students with disabilities at universities of Castilla & Leon. Data have been collected through documentary analysis of universities’ institutional websites and a questionnaire targeted to managers or technicians in charge of these services. Results show that Castilla & Leon universities support services for students with disabilities have made an effort to promote inclusion procedures of students with disabilities in different university environments. However, a better managing and coordination of these services is needed