Voices of university students with disabilities: inclusive education on the tertiary level – a reality or a distant dream?

Autor: Vanda Hájková, Lea Květoňová, Iva Strnadová
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: International Journal of Inclusive Education. 19:1080-1095
ISSN: 1464-5173
1360-3116
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2015.1037868
Popis: Twenty-four university students with disabilities were interviewed about their experiences studying at Czech universities. The interviews were analysed using the grounded theory approach. The most commonly experienced barriers faced by these students were institutional barriers, attitudinal barriers, and disability-specific barriers. The types of support mentioned by the students included family support, peer support, and support provided by assistants. The participants also shared strategies they used to deal with the barriers they faced. These were assertiveness, self-determination, metacognition, efforts to ‘fit in’, optimism, and career planning. The implications for policy and universities are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE