Workplace and Disabilities: Opinions on Work, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Factors

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix O. Chima
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Informal Network ◽  
Intrapersonal Factors ◽  
Interpersonal Factors ◽  
College Students With Disabilities

Designed to provide for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) more significantly provided for the removal of barriers to their employment. This study ascertained opinions of college students with disabilities regarding work, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors as concerns to their workplace opportunities and participations. The study found that they have less opportunities than others without disabilities, supervisors are less understanding than co-workers, and they are not fully optimistic about ADA's role in eliminating discrimination. Disrespectful treatment and exclusion from informal network were concerns found among interpersonal factors. Self-doubt, worries about health, and managing time and work demands were found as intrapersonal factors. Implications for rehabilitation counseling are discussed.

College students with disabilities redefine activism: Self-advocacy, storytelling, and collective action.

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezekiel W. Kimball ◽  
Adam Moore ◽  
Annemarie Vaccaro ◽  
Peter F. Troiano ◽  
Barbara M. Newman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
College Students With Disabilities

Presenting Problems and Psychotherapy Outcome of College Students With Disabilities

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Shwalb ◽  
Tyler R. Pedersen ◽  
Julie E. Preece ◽  
Edward A. Martinelli ◽  
Phil A. Rash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Psychotherapy Outcome ◽  
Presenting Problems ◽  
College Students With Disabilities

scholarly journals Rates and Correlates of Binge Drinking Among College Students With Disabilities, United States, 2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. West ◽  
Carolyn W. Graham ◽  
Peter Temple
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Final Model ◽  
The Us ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
College Students With Disabilities ◽  
College Student Population

Objective: Our objective was to provide the first comprehensive picture of alcohol use and binge drinking by US college students with disabilities (SWDs), who represent at least 11% (1.6 million) of the US college student population. Methods: In fall 2013, we used a stratified random sampling technique to identify and recruit 2440 SWDs from 122 US colleges and universities. A total of 1285 (53%) SWDs from 61 (50%) colleges and universities completed a survey of alcohol and other drug use and the use of substances by student peers. We conducted 4 multiple logistic regression analyses to compare binge-drinking and non–binge-drinking SWDs by potential correlates of such use and a final model that included only significant variables. Results: SWDs aged <21 vs ≥21 (odds ratio [OR] = 0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.82-0.99) who spent more time vs less time socializing (OR = 1.24; 95% CI, 1.11-1.38), who spent less time vs more time studying (OR = –0.89; 95% CI, –0.80 to –0.99), and who used vs did not use marijuana (OR = 1.44; 95% CI, 1.18-1.75) or amphetamines (OR = 1.82; 95% CI, 1.15-2.89) were significantly more likely to binge drink. SWDs who reported using barbiturates were less likely to binge drink than were those who did not use barbiturates (OR = –0.36; 95% CI, –0.21 to –0.61). In the final model, use of amphetamines (OR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.15-2.65) or marijuana (OR = 1.60; 95% CI, 1.32-1.94) was the highest predictor of binge drinking. Conclusion: SWDs’ reported rates of binge drinking, although high, were not as high as those of nondisabled college students. Nevertheless, prevention efforts should be targeted toward college SWDs.

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