How Do College Students with Disabilities Do? Law, Self-determination, Self-advocacy, and Campus Resources
Abstract: This survey study investigated understanding and use of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), self-advocacy, self-determination, and campus resources by college students with disabilities. Thirty-one students registered with a student disability office at a Midwestern state universit...
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Abstract: This survey study investigated understanding and use of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), self-advocacy, self-determination, and campus resources by college students with disabilities. Thirty-one students registered with a student disability office at a Midwestern state university completed an anonymous survey. Thirty-two percent of participants reported that they knew how to advocate for their own education before beginning college. A majority of participants displayed strong understanding of self-determination, self-advocacy, and campus resources, but reported a weak understanding about the ADA. Participants reported stronger agreement on their use of self-determination and self-advocacy skills than on campus resources. Their lowest score was for their use of self-advocacy skill when their legal rights had to be voiced. These students’ lack of understanding of their legal rights and limited self-advocacy skills in protecting their legal rights suggest implications for both transition services in high school and support services at the college level.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1d258d9af39f447f8a25d0d660b7a43f2025-02-12T04:15:07ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162024-09-01243How Do College Students with Disabilities Do? Law, Self-determination, Self-advocacy, and Campus Resources Jeong IL Cho0Kate Jones1a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:28:"Purdue University Fort Wayne";}Fort Wayne Community Schools Abstract: This survey study investigated understanding and use of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), self-advocacy, self-determination, and campus resources by college students with disabilities. Thirty-one students registered with a student disability office at a Midwestern state university completed an anonymous survey. Thirty-two percent of participants reported that they knew how to advocate for their own education before beginning college. A majority of participants displayed strong understanding of self-determination, self-advocacy, and campus resources, but reported a weak understanding about the ADA. Participants reported stronger agreement on their use of self-determination and self-advocacy skills than on campus resources. Their lowest score was for their use of self-advocacy skill when their legal rights had to be voiced. These students’ lack of understanding of their legal rights and limited self-advocacy skills in protecting their legal rights suggest implications for both transition services in high school and support services at the college level. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/35703Self-advocacyAmericans with Disabilities Actself-determinationcampus resourcescollege students with disabilities |
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| title | How Do College Students with Disabilities Do? Law, Self-determination, Self-advocacy, and Campus Resources |
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| title_short | How Do College Students with Disabilities Do? Law, Self-determination, Self-advocacy, and Campus Resources |
| title_sort | how do college students with disabilities do law self determination self advocacy and campus resources |
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