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| Published: August 15, 2017
Attitudinal Barriers Encountered by Students with Disabilities in Higher Education Institutions
Assistant Professor of Social Work, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.050/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.050
ABSTRACT
The present study is an exploratory in nature. The papers aims to understand the attitudinal barriers encountered by students with disabilities in higher education institutions and its impact on their learning experiences. The study was conducted in the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (now bifurcated in to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), India. For this study, the researcher selected three universities in different parts of Andhra Pradesh by using purposive sampling. In the second phase the researcher interviewed 100 students with disabilities from the selected universities by using snowball sampling. For this study, quantitative and qualitative data analyses were used and in most cases quotes of real text for each theme were maintained and used extensively. The findings of the paper covered characteristics of students with disabilities, attitudinal barriers faced by them. The findings of the study suggests that changes are needed to be made, not only in the physical environment in which teaching and learning takes place, but also in the way in which higher education curriculum is organised, delivered and assessed and changes should also come in attitudes of teachers, university administration, peer group and public at large.
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© 2017 Ambati N R
Received: June 16, 2017; Revision Received: August 01, 2017; Accepted: August 15, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.050/20170404
10.25215/0404.050
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017