AlTaleb Hanan M, Alsaleh Dalal A, Alshammari Anwar S, Alsomairy Shatha M, Alsuaqir Shahad M, Alsaleem Lama A, Omer Asma B, Khan Ruqaiyah, Alwhaibi Reem M
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Heliyon. 2024 May 7;10(10):e30774. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30774. eCollection 2024 May 30.
This study was aimed to investigate the learning experiences' facilitators and barriers that is encountered by the physically disabled female students during their higher education. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with female students with physical disabilities aged between 19 and 33 years. Interviews were transcribed, confirmed, and analyzed after being recorded. The average age of the sample was 22.15 ± 3.48 years and one-fourth of the participants' disability was due to cerebral palsy and 35% participants used wheelchairs. All the factors promoted inclusive education and equal opportunities for both disabled and nondisabled students. This study reveals that in order to improve the learning experiences of students with disabilities (SwD) and to give them more opportunities for success, it is important to consider all the barriers discussed in this study. It can be concluded that high effort is required to transform the higher educational institutions to be more accommodating for students with disabilities.
本研究旨在调查身体残疾的女学生在接受高等教育过程中所遇到的学习经历的促进因素和障碍。对19至33岁的身体残疾女学生进行了20次半结构化访谈。访谈在录音后进行转录、确认和分析。样本的平均年龄为22.15±3.48岁，四分之一的参与者因脑瘫而残疾，35%的参与者使用轮椅。所有这些因素都促进了残疾学生和非残疾学生的全纳教育和平等机会。本研究表明，为了改善残疾学生的学习体验并为他们提供更多成功机会，考虑本研究中讨论的所有障碍非常重要。可以得出结论，需要付出巨大努力才能使高等教育机构更能接纳残疾学生。
