Based on the challenges discussed in the articles “College Students and Learning Disability: Elements of Self-Style,” by Trojano, P. and “Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: Barriers to success and Implications for Professionals,” by Johnson, A. my assumptions on how students with disabilities interact in a “partying” environment on campus are:
1. Iowa State University is a public university who has to abide by the Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that institutions must create access to facilities and activities accommodating to everyone (Johnson, 2011). Access to facilities in this case is a challenge for students with orthopedic disabilities due to older residence halls. Iowa State …show more content…
Preconceived stereotypes vastly affect the social adjustment for students with disabilities (Johnson, 2011). College students tend to be more comfortable interacting with students who are like them, therefore students with disabilities feel more comfortable around peers with similar disabilities. Students with disabilities don’t want to have special treatment from their peers, they want to experience college like everyone else. The campus culture at Iowa State is not very supportive for students with disabilities so hiding their challenges from administrators, professors, and peers could be very harmful. For some students at Iowa State, the bridge between comfort zones is to engage in drinking to loosen up the …show more content…
Self-determination is defined as an individual’s capacity to cope with and adjust to the demands of everyday life (Trojano, 2003). In Trojano’s study the participants constructed self-determination by embracing the qualities of assertiveness, independence, and creativity (Trojano, 2003). Students without disabilities at Iowa State University are able to live in all of the residence halls, access all of the student organization events, and get from class to class without even a thought on how to do so. For many students their self-determination is engraved in themselves because their day-to-day tasks are to get to class, eat, study, work, etc. For a student with disabilities their self-determination is different on a daily basis. The frustration many students with disabilities at Iowa State University experience on a day-to-day basis create a challenge to finding their self-determination. A student with low self-determination might have a hard time saying “no” to the peer pressure of
1. Iowa State University is a public university who has to abide by the Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that institutions must create access to facilities and activities accommodating to everyone (Johnson, 2011). Access to facilities in this case is a challenge for students with orthopedic disabilities due to older residence halls. Iowa State …show more content…
Preconceived stereotypes vastly affect the social adjustment for students with disabilities (Johnson, 2011). College students tend to be more comfortable interacting with students who are like them, therefore students with disabilities feel more comfortable around peers with similar disabilities. Students with disabilities don’t want to have special treatment from their peers, they want to experience college like everyone else. The campus culture at Iowa State is not very supportive for students with disabilities so hiding their challenges from administrators, professors, and peers could be very harmful. For some students at Iowa State, the bridge between comfort zones is to engage in drinking to loosen up the …show more content…
Self-determination is defined as an individual’s capacity to cope with and adjust to the demands of everyday life (Trojano, 2003). In Trojano’s study the participants constructed self-determination by embracing the qualities of assertiveness, independence, and creativity (Trojano, 2003). Students without disabilities at Iowa State University are able to live in all of the residence halls, access all of the student organization events, and get from class to class without even a thought on how to do so. For many students their self-determination is engraved in themselves because their day-to-day tasks are to get to class, eat, study, work, etc. For a student with disabilities their self-determination is different on a daily basis. The frustration many students with disabilities at Iowa State University experience on a day-to-day basis create a challenge to finding their self-determination. A student with low self-determination might have a hard time saying “no” to the peer pressure of