Department of Special Needs Education

Disability Resource Center

"University of Management and Technology is the first private sector university in Pakistan which is promoting and providing inclusive leaning environment for students with different types of disabilities at higher education level. Many students with disabilities are enrolled in UMT in different programs of different levels from BS to PhD. These students belong to different categories of disability such as physical impairments, visual impairment and hearing impairment. visual impairment and hearing impairment. For facilitation of teaching and learning of students with disabilities, UMT has established a state of the art Disability Resource Center. The DRC provides the required facilities and assistive technology to students with disabilities to meet their unique learning needs. These facilities include sign language interpreters, special computers with accessibility provisions like JAWS and DUXBurry for persons with visual impairment, large LED projectors, Perkin’s Braillers, Braille Frames, Braille Stylus, MP3 Recorders, Video Recorders, Audio Systems, Range of Standardized Assessment Tests, Scanners, White Canes and Wheel Chairs.

The DRC is aimed to facilitate the learning needs of students with disabilities in the best possible manners and to set an example for other higher education institutions in Pakistan. The future plans include the expanding of DRC as a research center on teaching and learning needs of students with disabilities in Pakistan. All the students including online with disabilities can remotely reach to Disability Resource Centre for learning assistance via phone or email at the contact below. Or they can resolve their query via Ask a Question.

For further information
Tel: + 92 42 521 2801-10
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