Peer Review of Paper
The paper devoted to “An Audit of the Accessibility of the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar to Individuals with Physical Disabilities” is structurally divided into logical parts disclosing gradual analysis of researched data related to the topic. Organizational issues seem to meet the requirements of academic writing style; the paper depicts the following parts:
Introduction
Body Part: Two Campuses, The Rights of the Physically Disabled in the Sate of Qatar, Disabilities, Faculty Specific.
Conclusion and Recommendations
It should be noted that structural presentation of the paper is considered to be one of the most important elements of the paper because it allows following the logical thought of the research paper.
Analyzing the references of the paper it is important to stress its strengths and weaknesses. The paper in not properly cited as some references are missing in the text, for example, The Peninsula (2009) More Initiatives Urged for Disabled; United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2009) Elected
Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and some others. Besides, the source cited in the body part – Bill Gosse, personal communication, March 25, 2009 – is absent in the reference list having improper form of citation. Some minuses of reference organization are considered to be the weakness of the paper; though it should be stressed that all sources are updated and refer to 2009 year of publishing which means that information used is based on new facts and conclusions. All the sources are considered to be valid though the usage of Wikipedia is not advanced: Wikipedia (2009) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The paper is written through the usage of complex sentences and compound structures with the involvement of various clarifications and extensions. It should be noted that there are some spelling mistakes and misprints in the paper but in general it is written appropriately and logically. The author used a number of abbreviations and shortenings such as UNSRD, UN, CAN-Q, etc. being combined with proper names, Rayyan, Duhail, Qatar, etc.
The style of paper writing meets the requirements of academic norms; it is necessary to underline the necessity of omitting general ideas and sticking to concrete statistical data and researched facts related to the topic. The author of the paper managed to summarize the key issues of the topic and critically explain problematic aspects concerning the activities of people with disabilities in CNA (College of the North Atlantic). The information is based on peculiarities of CAN in Qatar allowing evaluating education, operation strategies and technological progress involved into the training process of disabled.
The contribution made by the author is disclosed through the list of recommendations for physically disabled people for them to get access to operations, faculties and training activities in CAN-Q. The paper appeared to combine the most important opportunities provided in the state of Qatar by campuses Duhail and Rayyan. The flow of though researched from different sources is combined with author’s critical overview of the situation on the basis of real facts and studies.
It is necessary to stress that the paper “An Audit of the Accessibility of the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar to Individuals with Physical Disabilities” appeared to contain strengths and weakness of academic writing allowing getting appropriate experience for skilled paper organization.
References
“An Audit of the Accessibility of the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar to Individuals with Physical Disabilities” (2009). Accessibility Audit, EDUC 6222.