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Disabled students: identity, inclusion and work-based placements

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Abstract

Research about disabled identity reflects diverse perspectives on the merits and challenges associated with such an identity. This paper explores the impact of disabled identity on the inclusion of disabled students in higher education and employment contexts. It considers their experiences of inclusion in a university setting and its associated work-based placements and discusses the extent to which students had to negotiate a range of experiences of disabled identity. The paper suggests that many disabled students, especially those with behaviour-related impairment labels, are subject to continued exclusion in university and, more particularly, work settings, and this contributes to an employment disadvantage compared with their peers. To this end, the paper highlights the importance of enhancing inclusion for disabled students, especially in employment settings, through a focus on reducing destructive identities.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 213-226

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Disability and Society (Volume 30, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 26/01/2015

Publication status

Published - 26/01/2015

ISSN

0968-7599

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/344315
  • Scopus: 84923611441

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