At the weekend The Observercarried a story reporting that the Training and Development Agency islaunching a scheme to encourage the disabled to become teachers.

The announcement comes on the back of the publication of researchfrom Durham University that show that the number of people with asensory or physical impairment entering teaching has doubled over thelast six years.

The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is the national agency and recognised sector body responsible for the trainingand development of the school workforce.

It's Chief Executive,Graham Holley, said: "Although our track record is pleasing, we're keen to see a greater diversity of teaching staff and encourage peopleacross the spectrum to consider teaching, in particular, people with asensory or physical impairment, "We also have plans to review existing recruitment programmes to give people with a disability a greaterinsight into the profession before application."

You might be interested in some of our fact sheets on this topic, read more about The Disability Discrimination Act: how is it relevant to the education sector? and also I think I'm being treated unfairly at work because I'm disabled, what should I do?