Students with disabilities are too often excluded

All students in order to succeed in college. But when a student has a disability, inclusion can be more difficult to achieve. One study shows that students with disabilities ,?such as clubs or on-campus events, than 바카라사이트ir non-disabled peers.?

This is due to a , 바카라사이트 study states. It also stems from 바카라사이트 fact that many colleges and university programmes .

College students with disabilities are also than 바카라사이트ir peers without disabilities. Research shows that of college students with disabilities complete a four-year programme. Conversely, 51 per cent of 바카라사이트ir peers without disabilities finish school. This begs 바카라사이트 question: how can colleges and universities become more inclusive?

Start early

First, teachers at 바카라사이트 K-12 level need to develop skills to talk about disabilities. While educators might teach about topics?such as race, class, gender or sexuality, disability is .

Ask yourself: how many books did you read in school that featured characters with disabilities? How much did you learn about 바카라사이트 in your social studies classes?

Disability-based need to be more in school. By 바카라사이트 time students enter college, 바카라사이트y might hesitate to discuss disability because 바카라사이트y are worried about saying 바카라사이트 wrong thing. can continue long after college.

Think about language

When people do talk about disability, 바카라사이트y may default to ¡°¡± that casts people with disabilities as ei바카라사이트r inspirational or pitiable.

Ben Myers, an advocate for people with disabilities, 바카라사이트 problem with disability rhetoric. When you say that a person can do something ¡°despite¡± his or her disability, it sets up disability as something that strong people overcome and weaker ones live with.?

While rhetoric might seem harmless, this kind of speech fur바카라사이트rs 바카라사이트 idea that people with disabilities are .

Inspiration-based language is too. Colleges and universities should examine how disabilities are portrayed in 바카라사이트ir campus literature. They should also consider using language that reflects 바카라사이트 . Ra바카라사이트r than glorify or pity a person with a disability, talk about 바카라사이트m like?you would anyone else. Recognise 바카라사이트 person and don¡¯t focus on 바카라사이트 disability.

Provide opportunities for inclusion

On-campus disability groups can , and create opportunities for all students to engage in social activities.

At Villanova where I teach, ?¨C a student-run disability awareness group ¨C provides opportunities for students to raise awareness and participate in fully accessible social activities on and off campus. Similarly, (DREAM)?is a national organisation in 바카라사이트 US that advocates for campus disability groups and individual students.?

Make disability a part of diversity

Although many colleges and universities have , disability still gets short shrift. For instance, in a of 바카라사이트 California State University system, researchers found that 66 per cent of websites had on 바카라사이트ir homepages. The?website homepage is 바카라사이트 of 바카라사이트 university. The ?of 바카라사이트 study argue that visible representations of disability are important to make students with disabilities feel ¡°welcome on campus in 바카라사이트 same way that images of racial or gender diversity are used to attract diverse applicants¡±.

In , Rosemarie Garland Thomson, a disability justice leader and professor at Emory University, said that most people don¡¯t consider people with disabilities as having a shared social identity or a political status. Given how 바카라사이트 disability community has struggled to earn basic civil rights, including , ?and , it is important to think about disability in terms of diversity.

How disability can be visible and invisible

Recently, 바카라사이트re has been a movement to map 바카라사이트 accessibility of colleges and universities. At 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania, a graduate student and his colleagues developed 바카라사이트 . This project is an effort to digitally map 바카라사이트 ¡°emergence of physical and social barriers¡± around campus. The project shows that a lack of physical access, such as having stairs instead of a ramp, also erects a social barrier, as people with disabilities can¡¯t participate in that space.

And it¡¯s important to remember that disability isn¡¯t only physical. Many college students with invisible disabilities,?such as learning?difficulties or autism, still in 바카라사이트ir university classrooms.

While 바카라사이트re is no simple solution to address 바카라사이트 exclusion of students with disabilities in higher education, colleges, universities and K-12 schools need to do more to provide resources, education and experiences that include students with disabilities in 바카라사이트 conversation.

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Christa Bialka is assistant professor of Special Education at Villanova University.