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Accomodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education
Faculty Publications
  • Carletta Witzel, Andrews University
  • Luana Greulich, Andrews University
  • James Jeffery, Andrews University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2015
Keywords
  • Students with disabilities,
  • higher education
Abstract

Students who choose to attend Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities often do so because they want to experience the unique Christian worldview that permeates the curriculum. Many want more than a school where religious classes are taught— they expect the entire curriculum to be infused with Seventh-day Adventist values. Students with disabilities who enroll in Adventist colleges and universities desire these same college experiences. Recent figures (2012) released by the United States government show that almost 11 percent of undergraduates across the nation (almost two million students) have one or more disabilities. Approximately 15 percent of these have mobility impairments, six percent have hearing impairments, and three percent are blind or visually impaired. The largest group of students with disabilities is those with “hidden” disabilities such as language-processing disorders (often referred to as dyslexia), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), mental illness, and autism. Disability service offices may only be aware of a fraction of these students, as many do not choose to identify themselves in college.

Journal Title
Journal of Adventist Education
First Department
Teaching, Learning and Curriculum
Citation Information
Carletta Witzel, Luana Greulich and James Jeffery. "Accomodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education" Vol. 78 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 43 - 46
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_jeffery/1/