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Direct linkBrock, Matthew E.; Schaefer, John M.; Seaman, Rachel L. – Theory Into Practice, 2020
Supporting agency can be complex and challenging, especially when teaching students with severe disabilities (i.e., students with intellectual disability, autism, and/or multiple disabilities who are eligible for their state's alternate assessment). In this article, we compare Bandura's model of agency with constructs from the severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Severe Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Student Empowerment
Rosqvist, Hanna Bertilsdotter – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study explores the production of a counterhegemonic discourse of "autistic normalcy" among adults with high-functioning autism by analyzing notions of diagnosis. The discourse analyses are based on material from ethnographic fieldwork in a Swedish educational setting. Study participants were 3 male and 9 female adults who had been…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Self Advocacy
Inclusion Press, 2011
Leaving high school and going to college is complicated for everyone. But if you're a student on the autism spectrum who is about to enter higher education for the first time, it might be a little bit more complicated for you. Maybe you're worried about getting accommodations, getting places on time, or dealing with sensory issues in a new…
Descriptors: Autism, Self Advocacy, College Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Peer reviewedWard, Michael J.; Meyer, Roger N. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Traces the history of civil rights, disability rights, and self advocacy of people with developmental disabilities and autism. The need for future self-determination efforts to develop effective leadership from the ranks of self-advocates and for the accentuation of the positives of having a disability is discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Civil Rights
