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The Experience of Higher Education from the Perspective of Disabled Students

Pages 597-615 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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Lindi Nel, Annemarike de Beer & Luzelle Naudé. (2023) Challenges as Motivation for Growth in First-Year Students Living with Disability. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 70:7, pages 1438-1457.
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M. Tamara Polo Sánchez & Marta Aparicio Puerta. (2023) Perceptions of university students with disabilities in Spain: ideas and beliefs about attitudes towards their inclusion. Disability & Society 38:8, pages 1435-1450.
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Susan Yvonne Chipchase, Abigail Seddon, Holly Tyers & Sophie Thomas. (2023) Experience of university life by disabled undergraduate students: the need to consider extra-curricular opportunities. Disability & Society 0:0, pages 1-18.
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Trine Wulf-Andersen. (2023) ‘Climbing Mount Adversity’: students’ experiences of psychosocial problems in higher education. International Studies in Sociology of Education 32:1, pages 11-29.
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Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, Sagit Mor, Dalia Sachs & Naomi Schreuer. (2022) Supporting the development of students with disabilities in higher education: access, stigma, identity, and power. Studies in Higher Education 47:9, pages 1776-1791.
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Irene Vanderpuye, Isaac Nyame & Martha-Pearl Okai. (2022) Challenges inherent in the academic endeavours of students with visual impairment. International Journal of Inclusive Education 0:0, pages 1-14.
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Alisha M. B. Braun & Augustina Naami. (2021) Access to Higher Education in Ghana: Examining Experiences through the Lens of Students with Mobility Disabilities. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 68:1, pages 95-115.
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Yusmarhaini Yusof, Cheong Chong Chan, Azlin Hilma Hillaluddin, Fatimah Zailly Ahmad Ramli & Zarina Mat Saad. (2020) Improving inclusion of students with disabilities in Malaysian higher education. Disability & Society 35:7, pages 1145-1170.
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Stephen Bunbury. (2020) Disability in higher education – do reasonable adjustments contribute to an inclusive curriculum?. International Journal of Inclusive Education 24:9, pages 964-979.
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Mario Biggeri, Diego Di Masi & Rosa Bellacicco. (2020) Disability and higher education: assessing students’ capabilities in two Italian universities using structured focus group discussions. Studies in Higher Education 45:4, pages 909-924.
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Mike Wray & Ann-Marie Houghton. (2019) Implementing disability policy in teaching and learning contexts – shop floor constructivism or street level bureaucracy?. Teaching in Higher Education 24:4, pages 510-526.
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Halis Sakız & Mehmet Sarıcalı. (2018) Including Students with Visual Difficulty within Higher Education: Necessary Steps. Exceptionality 26:4, pages 266-282.
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Sally Lindsay, Elaine Cagliostro & Gabriella Carafa. (2018) A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators of Disability Disclosure and Accommodations for Youth in Post-Secondary Education. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 65:5, pages 526-556.
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Anabel Moriña, Víctor M. Molina & M Dolores Cortés-Vega. (2018) Voices from Spanish students with disabilities: willpower and effort to survive university. European Journal of Special Needs Education 33:4, pages 481-494.
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Anabel Moriña & Beatriz Morgado. (2018) University surroundings and infrastructures that are accessible and inclusive for all: listening to students with disabilities. Journal of Further and Higher Education 42:1, pages 13-23.
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Júlia Griful-Freixenet, Katrien Struyven, Meggie Verstichele & Caroline Andries. (2017) Higher education students with disabilities speaking out: perceived barriers and opportunities of the Universal Design for Learning framework. Disability & Society 32:10, pages 1627-1649.
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Ivan G. Carabajal, Anita M. Marshall & Christopher L. Atchison. (2017) A Synthesis of Instructional Strategies in Geoscience Education Literature That Address Barriers to Inclusion for Students With Disabilities. Journal of Geoscience Education 65:4, pages 531-541.
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Dean McManus, Rachel Dryer & Marcus Henning. (2017) Barriers to learning online experienced by students with a mental health disability. Distance Education 38:3, pages 336-352.
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Matthew Butler, Leona Holloway, Kim Marriott & Cagatay Goncu. (2017) Understanding the graphical challenges faced by vision-impaired students in Australian universities. Higher Education Research & Development 36:1, pages 59-72.
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Paul Henderson. (2017) Are there delays in reporting dyslexia in university learners? Experiences of university learning support staff. Journal of Further and Higher Education 41:1, pages 30-43.
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Kate Hughes, Tim Corcoran & Roger Slee. (2016) Health-inclusive higher education: listening to students with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Higher Education Research & Development 35:3, pages 488-501.
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Rosario López Gavira & Anabel Moriña. (2015) Hidden voices in higher education: inclusive policies and practices in social science and law classrooms. International Journal of Inclusive Education 19:4, pages 365-378.
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Anabel Moriña Díez, Rosario Gavira López & Víctor M. Molina. (2015) Students with disabilities in higher education: a biographical-narrative approach to the role of lecturers. Higher Education Research & Development 34:1, pages 147-159.
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L. Engelbrecht & J.J. de Beer. (2014) Access constraints experienced by physically disabled students at a South African higher education institution. Africa Education Review 11:4, pages 544-562.
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Eva Magnus & Jan Tøssebro. (2014) Negotiating individual accommodation in higher education. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 16:4, pages 316-332.
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Lois MacCullagh. (2014) Participation and experiences of students with dyslexia in higher education: a literature review with an Australian focus. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties 19:2, pages 93-111.
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Anabel Moriña, María Dolores Cortés & Noelia Melero. (2014) Inclusive curricula in Spanish higher education? Students with disabilities speak out. Disability & Society 29:1, pages 44-57.
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Lynette Foster, John McClure, John McDowall & Matthew T. Crawford. (2013) Attributions about persons with brain injury: The effects of knowledge and familiarity about brain injury. Brain Injury 27:4, pages 485-491.
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Laura Mullins & Michèle Preyde. (2013) The lived experience of students with an invisible disability at a Canadian university. Disability & Society 28:2, pages 147-160.
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Maria Papasotiriou & Joel Windle. (2012) The social experience of physically disabled Australian university students. Disability & Society 27:7, pages 935-947.
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Catherine Elizabeth Georgiou, Shima Espahbodi & Lorraine Hilary De Souza. (2012) Preparing for the world of work: an exploratory study of disabled students’ experiences of work placement. Journal of Education and Work 25:5, pages 523-536.
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Harriet Cameron & Karl Nunkoosing. (2012) Lecturer perspectives on dyslexia and dyslexic students within one faculty at one university in England. Teaching in Higher Education 17:3, pages 341-352.
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Karen Beauchamp-Pryor. (2012) From absent to active voices: securing disability equality within higher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 16:3, pages 283-295.
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Manuel Madriaga, Katie Hanson, Helen Kay & Ann Walker. (2011) Marking-out normalcy and disability in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 32:6, pages 901-920.
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Synnove Brandt. (2011) From Policy to Practice in Higher Education: The experiences of disabled students in Norway. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 58:2, pages 107-120.
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Mujde Koca-Atabey, A. Nuray Karanci, Gulay Dirik & Deniz Aydemir. (2011) Psychological wellbeing of Turkish university students with physical impairments: An evaluation within the stress-vulnerability paradigm. International Journal of Psychology 46:2, pages 106-118.
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Christine Savvidou. (2011) Exploring teachers' narratives of inclusive practice in higher education. Teacher Development 15:1, pages 53-67.
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Kika Hadjikakou, Vaso Polycarpou & Anna Hadjilia. (2010) The Experiences of Students with Mobility Disabilities in Cypriot Higher Education Institutions: Listening to their voices. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 57:4, pages 403-426.
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Manuel Madriaga, Katie Hanson, Caroline Heaton, Helen Kay, Sarah Newitt & Ann Walker. (2010) Confronting similar challenges? Disabled and non‐disabled students’ learning and assessment experiences. Studies in Higher Education 35:6, pages 647-658.
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Manuel Madriaga & Dan Goodley. (2010) Moving beyond the minimum: socially just pedagogies and Asperger’s syndrome in UK higher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 14:2, pages 115-131.
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Philip Vickerman & Milly Blundell. (2010) Hearing the voices of disabled students in higher education. Disability & Society 25:1, pages 21-32.
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G. Macleod & K.R. Cebula. (2009) Experiences of disabled students in initial teacher education. Cambridge Journal of Education 39:4, pages 457-472.
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Carolyn Bruce, Ann Parker & Laura Renfrew. (2006) ‘Helping or something’: perceptions of students with aphasia and tutors in further education. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 41:2, pages 137-154.
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Annabelle L. Grundy, Michelle K. McGinn & Dawn E. Pollon. (2005) Striving toward inclusive research practices: the evolution of the participant‐as‐transcriptionist method1 . Disability & Society 20:4, pages 453-468.
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Mary Fuller , Andrew Bradley & Mick Healey. (2004) Incorporating disabled students within an inclusive higher education environment. Disability & Society 19:5, pages 455-468.
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Mary Fuller , Mick Healey, Andrew Bradley & Tim Hall. (2004) Barriers to learning: a systematic study of the experience of disabled students in one university. Studies in Higher Education 29:3, pages 303-318.
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Elias Avramidis[1]David Skidmore. (2004) Reappraising learning support in higher education . Research in Post-Compulsory Education 9:1, pages 63-82.
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M. Shevlin , M. Kenny & E. Mcneela. (2004) Participation in higher education for students with disabilities: an Irish perspective. Disability & Society 19:1, pages 15-30.
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