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Nursing students with learning disabilities : perceptions and attitudes regarding the role of disability support program services and access to accommodations / by Elaine Amo Kafle.

Kafle, Elaine Amo. (Author).

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College students that have learning disabilities (LDs) are a growing population in higher education today. Whereas elementary and secondary school teachers are responsible for identifying and protecting the rights of students with special needs, at the postsecondary level, the students must assume the responsibility of identifying themselves and for supplying evidence of disability and the need for accommodation. Nursing students with learning disabilities in particular face additional challenges, as the nursing curriculum is composed of skills drawn from cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains (Ijiri & Kudzma, 2000). Eight current or former California (CA) community college nursing students were interviewed for this qualitative research study. The primary research question was, "How do the perceptions and attitudes of community college nursing students with learning disabilities regarding the role of disability support services and access to accommodations influence their decision to disclose (or not disclose) their disabilities and utilize special support services (such as testing accommodations)?" The research study was based on the social model of disability, which distinguishes individuals' impairments from their social consequences or social oppression (Gill, 2001). Results reveal that fear of stigmatization was the primary feeling associated with reluctance in self-disclosure, but for these participants, the benefits of utilizing accommodations, especially extended test-taking time and testing in a quiet environment, outweighed the risks associated with disclosing having a learning disability. Participants reported that these, and other accommodations, attributed to their academic success.

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  • ISBN: 9783639764994 (Paper)
  • ISBN: 3639764994 (Paper)
  • Physical Description: x, 158 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: [Germany] : bScholars' Press, 2015.

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General Note:
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: A.
Dissertation Note:
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2015.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: College students with disabilities > Education > United States.
People with disabilities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Learning disabled > Education.

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