Cawthon, S. W., & Cole, E. V. (2010). Postsecondary students who have a learning disability: Student perspectives on accommodations access and obstacles . Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability , 23 (2), 112–128. https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/jped

Journal Article
Cawthon, S. W., & Cole, E. V. (2010). Postsecondary students who have a learning disability: Student perspectives on accommodations access and obstacles. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 23(2), 112–128. https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/jped

Notes

[no doi reported]; also located on ERIC online database: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ906696

Tags

Learning disabilities; Postsecondary; U.S. context

URL

https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/jped

Summary

Accommodation

Accommodations were not specified. The perspectives of postsecondary students with disabilities on their use of accommodations and on obstacles they have faced while accessing school services were examined.

Participants

A total of 110 postsecondary students with learning disabilities from a selective, four-year public university in Texas (U.S.) participated.

Dependent Variable

Students completed a survey that focused on four primary areas of student experience: accommodations use; opportunities and barriers encountered during the transition to college; knowledge about disability and available services; and self-advocacy.

Findings

Students received accommodations more frequently at the postsecondary level than during high school. They were also more likely to receive certain accommodations, such as a classroom assistant, extended time, separate testing setting, individual counseling, reduced course load, and priority registration at the postsecondary level compared to in high school.