2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00584.x
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Opening up a whole new world for students with intellectual disabilities within a third level setting

Abstract: Accessible summary• Students with intellectual disabilities can go to University.• This paper is about a course at Trinity College Dublin.• The researchers talked to students, families and teachers involved with the course.They asked them what they thought about the course. • They found out that the people with intellectual disabilities were more included.They felt better about themselves. They had more friends. • The researchers will give ideas for making University work for students with intellectual disabil… Show more

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“…These positive stories from the diploma students harmonize with the reports from Trinity College in Ireland of their mixed model PSE programme. Students with intellectual disabilities participate in a mixture of segregated and inclusive courses and students claim that going to college felt like growing up, and for many it was the first time they felt they were grown-ups (O'Brien et al 2009).…”
Section: Students' Views and Experiences Of The Vocational Diploma Prmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These positive stories from the diploma students harmonize with the reports from Trinity College in Ireland of their mixed model PSE programme. Students with intellectual disabilities participate in a mixture of segregated and inclusive courses and students claim that going to college felt like growing up, and for many it was the first time they felt they were grown-ups (O'Brien et al 2009).…”
Section: Students' Views and Experiences Of The Vocational Diploma Prmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To bridge the gap between aspirations and reality, Vijayalakshmi et al [ 9 ] assign the right to education a catalyst function. Successful examples of realisation of the UN-CRPD are represented by the studies by O’Brien et al [ 10 ] and O’Connor et al [ 11 ] who show the positive effects of inclusion in postsecondary education. In the same vein, Sermier Dessemontet and Bless [ 12 ] demonstrate that there is no negative impact of inclusion on the achievements of non-disabled peers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, opportunities for people with intellectual disability to engage in higher education have begun to increase in the United States and Canada, and to a lesser extent in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand (Brown, 2010; Grant, 2015; Paiewonsky, 2014; Sheppard-Jones, et al, 2015). Students who are included within university settings have been reported to develop increased independence, confidence and social networking (Hart et al, 2006; Kleinert et al, 2012; Zimmerman and Ericsson, 2012; O’Brien et al, 2009; Sheppard-Jones et al, 2015). Increasing the potential for young people with intellectual disability to be included in university environments is therefore important.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%