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Ceimone Henderson-Strickland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Although the enactment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was over 50 years ago, students with disabilities continue to experience discriminatory bias and stigma in their day-to-day experiences that can negatively impact their academic progress (Charmatz, 2021). The use of accommodations in a post-secondary environment is designed to remove…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Jenna Theofield – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Self-determination plays a vital role in the educational journey of students with a dis/ability. However, opportunities to cultivate self-determining skills for elementary students with dis/abilities in an inclusive co-taught classroom are limited. This can be attributed to the intersectionality of ableism and ageism, two oppressive societal…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intersectionality
Shoroq Odah Alkhattabi – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite the international movement to include students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities (MOID) in general education classrooms with their typical peers, these students still receive their education in segregated classrooms in Saudi Arabia (SA). This study aims to investigate the teachers' perceptions of the educational experiences of female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Lavonne Ciezadlo Kopca – ProQuest LLC, 2024
College students with disabilities are an overlooked minority population. However, they comprise an ever-increasing student population in postsecondary institutions. Yet students with disabilities do not persist or graduate at rates similar to their able-bodied peers. People with disabilities have historically been viewed as a low-status group and…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Minority Group Students
Kim, Hyejung – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Students in postsecondary institutions come from diverse communities in terms of social markers, such as race and dis/abilities. Although higher education increases one's chances of social mobility, the opportunities are still limited for students from non-dominant communities. In this regard, this study examines the strategies that families…
Descriptors: Korean Americans, Autism, Postsecondary Education, Case Studies