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ERIC Number: ED647547
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 131
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3514-3301-1
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Barriers Student Veterans with Disabilities Experience Accessing Disability Services in Higher Education: A Qualitative Interview Study
Amanda Marie Jackson
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Florida
On average, 22% of military veterans enroll in higher education versus 12% of civilians (Zhang, 2017). Furthermore, approximately 36% more undergraduate student veterans reported having a disability when compared to undergraduate civilians (de Brey et al., 2021). Some of the barriers that student veterans with disabilities may experience in higher education include stigma related to their disability and military service (Kranke, 2017; Flink, 2017), being unaware of the disability services (Kim et al., 2013), and the nature of their military training may result in stigmatizing help-seeking behaviors (Selber, 2015). Given the intersecting identities of being a student veteran and having a disability, these individuals may face multiple, complex barriers in accessing and using services to support their academic progress. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative interview study was to gain a better understanding of the barriers that a selected group of student veterans with disabilities experience accessing disability services at the University of Florida (UF), and how they recommend addressing these barriers. The barriers the student veterans with disabilities described included five main areas: perceived lack of need for disability services, lack of awareness and misunderstanding regarding disability services, concerns related to confidentiality of disability information, lack of trust in disability services personnel, and being impacted by stigma associate with their disability. Their recommendations for addressing these barriers included: providing quality services from a designated disability services professional, being available and responsive to student veterans, proactive networking to increase awareness of disability services, developing a university-wide tracking system for student veterans, and working to reduce stigma related to disabilities. Implications of these findings for practice related to disability services are provided, including specific recommendations regarding how the identified barriers might be addressed at the University of Florida. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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