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AUCD: Welcome Reception and Evening Poster Session: Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Disability: Implications for Postsecondary Pedagogy

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Marisa Kofke, MEd, Ms
Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND

Description

Shifts in undergraduate students' perspectives of disability issues while completing a disability studies course were examined. Ethnographic methods were used to determine thematic patterns from pre- and post-course questionnaires, students' narrative work samples, and observations of in-class discussions. Preliminary findings indicate that many students were influenced by learning about disability policy-based decisions. Perception shifts such as these may foster students' abilities to thoughtfully discuss such issues within their respective disciplines.

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