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Direct linkPaul Watts; Janet Hoskin; Radhika Upadhyay; Emma Tapley; Gosia Kwiatkowska – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Introduction: This paper examines the experiences of people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom as society transitions towards cashless transactions and services. It is a significant study because it highlights the need to understand their digital financial experiences. Methods: This study employed an inclusive, interpretivist…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Attitudes, Disabilities
Mary Bottomley; Jodie Bradley; Lisa Clark; Bryan Collis; Bojana Daw Srdanovic; Victoria Farnsworth; Annie Ferguson; Dan Goodley; Andrew Fox; Nikita K. Hayden; Charlotte Lawthom; Rebecca Lawthom; Claudia Magwood; Robert McLean; Ian Middleton; Alison Owen; Matty Prothero; Simon Rice; Simon Richards; Katherine Runswick-Cole; Kelly Scargill; Rohit Shankar; Toni Ann Wood – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We are a research team of clinical, academic and advocacy-based researchers with and without learning disabilities, working on the "Humanising Healthcare" (for people with learning disabilities) project. The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning…
Descriptors: Ethics, Learning Disabilities, Guidelines, Researchers
Matthew Reason; Kelsie Acton; Daniel Foulds – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: "I'm Me" is a creative research project co-created between York St John University and Mind the Gap, investigating learning disabled and autistic artists' understandings of identity, representation and voice. Methods: In this paper, we use Walmsley and Johnson's criteria for inclusive research to reflect on the involvement of…
Descriptors: Artists, Partnerships in Education, Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Janice Harrington-Knopf – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This narrative inquiry explored the schooling and professional experiences of seven teachers who were labeled with learning disabilities, and how those experiences affected their career decisions, teaching strategies, as well as relationships with their students, families, and friends. Their stories also challenged the associated stigmas and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Labeling (of Persons)
Download full textConsuelo M. Kreider; Sharon Medina; Carrie M. Comstock; Mackenzi R. Slamka; Chang-Yu Wu; Mei-Fang Lan – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2023
As young adults transition into adulthood they must develop effective self-regulation techniques to help them navigate the heightened expectations of independence placed upon them. During this challenging developmental stage, mentors and other supportive individuals can facilitate co-regulation processes that help young adults reach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Mentors, Disabilities
Nicola Grove; Simon Richards; Simon Rice; Claudia Magwood; Bryan Collis; Steffen Martick; Saskia Schuppener; Gertraud Kremsner; Elizabeth Tilley; Jan Walmsley – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Inclusive research has sidelined discussion of theoretical issues with researchers with intellectual/learning disabilities. This is a situation which the Big Ideas initiative sought to change. Between 2021 and 2023, the Open University, Leipzig University and the University of Koblenz organised nine workshops to explore influential…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Workshops, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities
Morris, Janalee; Buchanan, Tom; Arnold, Janet; Czerkawski, Tracie; Congram, Brad – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2023
Academic accommodations for students experiencing disabilities are increasingly available at postsecondary institutions. More studies of the efficacy of accommodations for student success are warranted, however. Given the increased gender gap in university participation, more focus on the unique impact of gender is also needed. Using a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Patterson, Margaret Becker – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) face educational and employment challenges and may also have other disabilities and health conditions. Little is known about these adults' numeracy skills and how they use numeracy at work or home. The article's objective was to investigate numeracy skills and skill use for U.S. adults with LD. The author…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
Hayden, H. Emily; Prince, Angela M. T. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Children's literature is a powerful influence on the social construction of perceptions and narratives, and it is critically important that all children see themselves represented in the books in their classrooms. However, strength-based views of characters with a disability are rare in children's picture books, meaning that children with a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Picture Books, Childrens Literature
Vargas, Tiffanye M.; Flores, Margaret M.; Beyer, Robbi; Weaver, Sharon M. – Physical Educator, 2019
Athletes with hidden disabilities (HD) often exhibit behaviors that are not conducive to the sporting environment (e.g., inattentive behaviors, inability to remember plays). Coaches may label these athletes as problematic or challenging and may negatively adjust their behaviors toward these athletes. As frequent observers of their children, the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Recreational Activities, Disabilities
Poch, Apryl L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
Anniversaries offer a time for reflection, celebration, validation, and sometimes, simply a candid conversation on the current state of a field. In the field of learning disabilities, anniversaries offer a time to consider how far the field has come and just how far is left to go to understand what a learning disability is. Definitional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reflection, Presidents, Disabilities
Cassandra Lee Vander Well – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Enactment of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973" and the "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990" expanded and clarified the rights of students with disabilities in higher education (Connor, 2011; Pena, 2014; Troiano, 2003). In the past three decades, the enrollment rate of students with learning disabilities (LD) in higher…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Higher Education, Dance Education, Disabilities
Jovita M. Ross-Gordon – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Approximately one-quarter of the adult population self-reports having one or more disabilities. Expanding adult and continuing education access for individuals with disabilities is an important dimension of striving to make our programs more inclusive. Thus, it is crucial that adult and continuing educators have a basic understanding of the types…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adult Learning, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Adult Education
Schwab, Susanne – Educational Studies, 2019
Previous research has shown that students with special educational needs (SEN) have fewer friendships than their peers without SEN. In this longitudinal study, 545 students from primary and secondary schools, including 106 students with SEN, were surveyed at the beginning and the end of the school year. The results show that students with SEN…
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Relationship, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
Zirkel, Perry A. – Exceptional Children, 2018
This article provides a systematic and impartial analysis of the law, including hearing and review officer as well as judicial decisions, specific to the intersection of response to intervention (RTI) and school districts' ongoing affirmative obligation of child find. The results reveal that this intersection has not been the subject of…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, School Districts, Program Implementation, Disabilities
