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FJCU Disability support services 2021

International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC)

The University provides various support services for people with physical and mental disabilities; the specific details are as follows:

  1. In 2019, FJCU applied for a total of NTD$ 5,610,314 in grant subsidies from the Ministry of Education for projects that recruit and aid students with disabilities. As the number of students with special needs increased, the amount granted surpassed the previous year by NTD$146,628 (an increase of 2.6%).

  2. Students who are unable to travel to and from the campus by themselves require the assistance of others; for those students, a transportation subsidy of NTD$7,200 is provided per academic year. A total of 7 students applied in 2019, amounting to NTD$50,400.

  3. FJCU has borrowed 20 pieces of equipment from the Center of Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired Students in Tertiary Education, including laptops, Braille monitors, portable video magnifiers, and more; 4 multi-channel receivers from the Center of Assistive Technology for Hearing Impaired Students in Tertiary Education; and 8 electric wheelchairs from Center of Assistive Technology for Students with Physical Disabilities in Tertiary Education, for a total of 23 students to use.

  4. In the 2019 school year, 32 students applied for assistive services, and a total of 3,162 service hours was provided.

  5. In the 2019 school year, 15 students applied for real-time transcribing services, and a total of 1,628 service hours was provided.

  6. Special Education Experience Week
    The main purpose of the Special Education Experience Week is to promote themes related to special education and experimental activities to provide accurate knowledge of understanding and assisting special education students. The activities include a charity flea market, seminars, movie showings, and experimental activities aimed at providing more opportunities for people with and without physical disabilities to meet and better understand each other and expand their interpersonal relationships, and improving communication between faculty, staff, students, and special education students. In addition to making teachers and students more familiar with special education, these activities have also made the community closer connected to the campus. In the 2019 academic year, approximately 635 people participated in the Special Education Experience Week.