WELCOME TO

Department of Disability Studies

The Department of Disability Studies aims to become the lead centre for teaching, professional skills development and research on disability related issues in Sri Lanka. At the DDS all teaching and research programs are underpinned by a disability studies paradigm.

WELCOME TO

Department of Disability Studies

The Department of Disability Studies aims to become the lead centre for teaching, professional skills development and research on disability related issues in Sri Lanka. At the DDS all teaching and research programs are underpinned by a disability studies paradigm.

Undergraduate Programmes

Offers courses for Speech and Hearing Science degree.

SHS Student Portal

Student Portal for SHS Degree Program.

OT Student Portal

Student Portal for OT Degree Program.

Research

The department is engaged in multidisciplinary research.

Our Farm House

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This stall focused on engaging typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy to engage in social interaction,

Choice - making, taking turns and in role play activities.

Characters – cow, cat, dog, duck, hen with a decoration of a nest, farmer (acted out by a student)

Equipment

  •  structures of the target animals
  • Audio recorded target animal sounds and related songs
  • Target animal face masks for the children and for the students

Procedure :

  • First we greeted the children and invited them to look at the stall and to comment on it
  • Then we asked them which character they were interested in and asked each participant to imitate the animal sounds
  • We gave the participant a face mask and the student clinicians also wore similar face masks and conducted role play activities
  • We simultaneously put the audio recorded animal sounds and related songs
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Department of Disability Studies
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Kelaniya,
P.O Box 6,
Thalagolla Road,
Ragama,
Sri Lanka

  • Tel :  +94 11 2961000

  • Tel :  +94 11 2961207

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  • Fax:  +94 112958337

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  • Email:  dist@kln.ac.lk

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