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Garrison-Wade, Dorothy F.; Lehmann, Jean P. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Students with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in the nation's community college population for multiple reasons. These include low expectations, poor high school preparation and transition planning, lack of communication or support services, and ineffective or poor support from school services personnel and faculty. This paper…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Support Groups, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
Sanchez, Mark Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Historically, first-generation, low-income, and students with disabilities have had very high attrition rates at California Community Colleges and institutions of higher education in general. Based on figures compiled by the National Center for Educational Statistics in 2004, 4.5 million low-income, first-generation college students comprise…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students
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Roets, Griet; Goedgeluck, Marijke – Qualitative Inquiry, 2007
In this article, the authors trace the possible political potential of their post-modernist, feminist approach to life story research with people with the label of "learning difficulties." As a self-advocate with an ally, they define tagging along with each other as discovery science. The authors reflect on how they openly and critically write…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Feminism, Research Methodology, Educational Improvement
Morrison, Julie Q.; Sansosti, Frank J.; Hadley, Wanda M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2009
Many students with Asperger's Syndrome have the cognitive ability and specific interests to be successful academically at the college level. However, these students often have difficulties navigating social systems, and higher education presents great challenges. The purpose of this study was to explore parent perceptions regarding the: (a)…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Self Advocacy, College Bound Students, Expectation
Liparini, Christina Garczynski – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Although research indicates a trend toward increased representation of students with psychiatric disabilities in postsecondary education, the experiences of these students tend to be marked by academic failure and social isolation. However, the existing qualitative and quantitative research on this student population largely excludes the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Postsecondary Education, High Schools, Schizophrenia
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Garner, DiAnne B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
While graduation from high school may be common for students with learning disabilities, successful completion of a four-year degree program at the postsecondary level is not as common. This article contains the stories of the first three high school students with learning disabilities taught by the author who successfully graduated from…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High School Students, Learning Disabilities, Self Advocacy
Hurlbutt, Karen S. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
As more and more children are being diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (AS), more parents are wondering what the future will be like for their child. Because of the challenges faced by youth with AS, it is important for parents and teachers to work together to guide high school students with AS through a successful transition to the adult world.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Asperger Syndrome, Transitional Programs, Adolescents
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Buchanan, Ian; Walmsley, Jan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
This paper looks at the history of self advocacy in England. Self advocacy has helped many people with learning difficulties to speak up and gain more confidence. But now it is associated with Government policy. After Valuing People, people expect self advocacy organizations to speak up for everyone with learning difficulties. This might mean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Learning Problems, Self Advocacy
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Sen, Reena; Goldbart, Juliet; Kaul, Sudha – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The Indian Institute for Cerebral Palsy (IICP) has been providing education and other services in Kolkata, Eastern India, for children and young adults with cerebral palsy and related disabilities for over 30 years. IICP started by providing education for just two children, and was highly dependent on western expertise. Described is the history of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Young Adults, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Applequist, Karen L.; Mears, Rachel; Loyless, Roxanne – International Journal of Special Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore those factors impacting successful transition of American Indian students with mild to moderate disabilities to postsecondary academic settings and other lifelong learning opportunities. Thirty-five individuals from three Southwestern tribes were interviewed about personal factors during transition, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disabilities, Lifelong Learning, Self Advocacy
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Siska, Jan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
In this paper I describe how self-advocacy has grown in the Czech Republic. First, I talk about how services for people with learning disabilities have begun to change in the last few years. This is because voluntary groups have lobbied and campaigned for change. I learned about self-advocacy during a visit to the UK in the 1990s. I went back to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Advocacy, Learning Disabilities, Voluntary Agencies
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Antaki, Charles; Finlay, W. M. L.; Sheridan, Emma; Jingree, Treena; Walton, Chris – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2006
Service-user groups whose goals include the promotion of self-advocacy for people with an intellectual disability aim, among other things, to encourage service users to identify problems and find solutions. However, service users' contributions to group sessions may not always be full and spontaneous. This presents a dilemma to the facilitator. In…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Mental Retardation, Case Studies, Decision Making
Shaw, Stan F., Ed.; Madaus, Joseph W., Ed.; Dukes, Lyman L., III, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
For students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities, navigating a college education without the support team they had in high school can be challenging. Help students become effective self-advocates and maximize their postsecondary possibilities with this cutting-edge book, which balances current research with the most practical guidance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Admission, College Preparation, Check Lists
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Anctil, Tina M.; Ishikawa, Michele E.; Tao Scott, Amy – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2008
This study provides a model of academic identity development for college students with learning disabilities from the integrative self-determination themes of persistence, competence, career decision making, and self-realization. Nineteen self-determined and high-achieving participants were interviewed. The participants' stories illustrate how…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Disabilities, Academic Persistence, Conflict Resolution
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Traustadottir, Rannveig – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Many people with learning difficulties want to tell the stories of their life and have done so in collaboration with academic researchers. Life histories of people with learning difficulties are a good way to learn about self-advocacy. Life histories can tell us about how self-advocacy began and the support people need to be self-advocates. Tom…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Biographies, Self Advocacy, Case Studies
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