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Ryan, Thomas G.; Griffiths, Sarah – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2015
The following review of literature illuminates self-advocacy from a North American transformational learning perspective via meaningful impacts, which arise for adults with developmental disabilities, as well as various communities and their members. For adults with developmental disabilities, increased leadership capabilities and the evolution of…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Literature Reviews
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Tilley, Elizabeth – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This paper presents findings from a qualitative research project on an English self-advocacy organization. In light of recent political and economic developments that have threatened the sustainability of a number of self-advocacy groups for people with intellectual disability, I seek to explore how one particular organization managed to survive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Advocacy, Organizations (Groups), Mental Retardation
Schreifels, Julie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
High school graduates with specific learning disabilities (SLD) often lack sufficient skills to advocate for themselves in adult situations. This limited advocacy ability of young adults with SLD contributes to their higher postsecondary school drop-out rate, lower paying jobs, and a greater dependence on family and public assistance programs for…
Descriptors: Young Adults, High School Graduates, Learning Disabilities, Self Advocacy
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Hsiao, Feilin; Zeiser, Shelly; Nuss, Daniel; Hatschek, Keith – International Journal of Music Education, 2018
This case study describes a collaborative decision-making process for developing effective academic accommodations for a music major with a disability, whose prior accommodations suggested by the Disability Support Services (DSS) failed to address her needs. Cross-departmental collaboration between the DSS and the School of Music, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Case Studies, Decision Making, Semi Structured Interviews
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Clouse, Diane E.; Bauer, Anne M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
Self-advocacy, self-management, self-regulation, and self-knowledge are complex terms, often considered forms of self-determination. Whatever term you may use, helping young adults with intellectual disability (ID) make authentic decisions about their own goals and behaviors often results in passive agreement. Even though advancing…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Self Control, Self Determination, Young Adults
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Feldman, Maurice A.; Owen, Frances; Andrews, Amy E.; Tahir, Munazza; Barber, Rachel; Griffiths, Dorothy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience a wide range of health problems. Research is needed on teaching persons with intellectual disabilities about their health to promote self-advocacy. This study used a RCT to evaluate a health knowledge training program for adults with intellectual disabilities and verbal skills.…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intellectual Disability, Health Education, Program Evaluation
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Antia, Shirin D.; Rivera, M. Christina – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to (a) describe the specific kinds of services provided by itinerant teachers to deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in general education settings, (b) examine the relationship between student academic performance and instructional support provided by the itinerant teacher, and (c) examine how service provision…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, General Education, Academic Achievement
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Naaldenberg, Jenneken; Banks, Roger; Lennox, Nick; Ouellette-Kunz, Hélène; Meijer, Marijke; Lantman-de Valk, Henny van Schrojenstein – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: The current understanding of health inequities in people with intellectual disabilities does not readily translate into improvements in health status or health care. To identify opportunities for action, the 2013 IASSIDD health SIRG conference organized ten intensive workshops. Materials and methods: The workshops each addressed…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Evidence, Inquiry, Health Services
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Daly-Cano, Meada; Vaccaro, Annemarie; Newman, Barbara – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
Self-advocacy is the ability to communicate one's needs and wants and to make decisions about the supports needed to achieve them (Stodden, Conway, & Chang, 2003). Research shows self-advocacy skills are related to academic performance and successful adaptation to college (Adams & Proctor, 2010; Getzel & Thoma, 2008; Hadley, 2006;…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Disabilities, College Students, Personal Narratives
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Giust, Amanda M.; Valle-Riestra, Diana M. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Project Panther LIFE is an inclusive postsecondary transition program for students with intellectual disabilities providing university access and participation with the primary goal of employment at program completion. Students in the program receive support from their academic mentors and peer coaches during the academic year. This study examines…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Intellectual Disability, Mentors, Peer Teaching
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Martinez, Melissa A.; Chang, Aurora; Welton, Anjalé D. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
This qualitative study adopted Yosso's community cultural wealth (CCW) framework to examine how 16 assistant professors of color (APOC) drew upon various forms of capital (navigational, aspirational, social, resistant, linguistic, familial) to deal with racism and marginalization in academia. Findings revealed how APOC: dealt with students'…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Racial Bias, Guidelines
Gonzaga Reed, Ryan Ronald – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Low-income, first-generation, urban students are typically underprepared academically for college-level course work and lack knowledge, which most non-first-generation students possess (Ward, Siegel, & Davenport, 2012). Success in higher education depends on students effectively navigating and transitioning into an institution (Pike & Kuh,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Readiness, First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups
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García Iriarte, Edurne; O'Brien, Patricia; McConkey, Roy; Wolfe, Marie; O'Doherty, Siobhain – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Internationally, people with intellectual disability are socially marginalized, and their rights under the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are often ignored. Aims: This paper aims to define the key concerns of adults with an intellectual disability in relation to their participation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Adults, Attitudes
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Espinoza-Gonzalez, Daniel; French, Kristen B.; Gallardo, Stephanie; Glemaker, Ethan; Noel, Saraswati; Marsura, Michelle; Mehary, Elaine; Saldaña-Spiegle, Nadia; Schimpf, Brendan; Thaw, Chelsea – Educational Forum, 2014
In this article, college students and faculty narrate their co-constructed journey across differences, through intersecting identities and intertwining paths in an effort to stand in solidarity with students, teachers, and community members resisting the removal of the Mexican-American Studies (MAS) program in the Tucson Unified School District in…
Descriptors: Reflection, Mexican Americans, Personal Narratives, Self Advocacy
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Timperlake, Benna Hull; Sanders, Genelle Timperlake – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2014
In some ways raising deaf or hard of hearing children is no different than raising hearing children; expectations must be established and periodically tweaked. Benna Hull Timperlake, who with husband Roger, raised two hearing children in addition to their deaf daughter, Genelle Timperlake Sanders, and Genelle, now a deaf professional, share their…
Descriptors: Expectation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Styles, Partial Hearing
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