Newsletter: Dean's Office: We need to ease the path for our students with disabilities through inclusion.

One does not have the easiest path in life if there is a disability such as autism or dyslexia in the backpack. The world is designed for the majority, and the journey can be tough when one has the abilities and ambitions for an academic education and career but does not fit into the usual patterns.

At the Faculty of Natural Sciences, we need to make the path a bit easier for the up to 10 percent of our students who have a disability.

Some measures are simple; start the lecture with an agenda, provide information about events and changes well in advance, and consider the few who need a break from lab work.

Perhaps it can reduce dropout rates? Hopefully, it will increase well-being.

We cannot change the fact that young people have diagnoses and difficulties, but we must include them so that they feel embraced and understood.

Anything else would be a waste of qualifications, which not only affects individual opportunities but also society as a whole.