Q.Make a list of all the facilities that students with various kinds of physical handicaps would need to learn as any other student. Which of these facilities are available in your school?

Students with different kinds of physical disability need different practical accommodations to have the same real access to school life as any other student. …

This activity connects directly to the chapter's discussion of equality through differential treatment — the idea that formally equal access is not real access unless real, specific barriers are removed.

For mobility disabilities: ramps and railings at building entrances, wide doorways, accessible washrooms, lifts or ground-floor classrooms, and desks or furniture suited to a wheelchair.

For visual disabilities: Braille textbooks and Braille signage, audio or "talking" books, screen-reading software for computers, a scribe or reader permitted during examinations, and additional time in exams.

For hearing disabilities: hearing aids or assistive listening devices, sign-language interpretation or captioning for lectures and videos, and seating arrangements that support lip-reading.

Beyond specific equipment, students with disabilities generally also benefit from trained special-educator support, flexible attendance or deadline policies where a disability genuinely requires it, and genuine awareness among fellow students and teachers so that accommodations are respected rather than treated as special favours or stigmatised. …