External accomplice factors in university success: Narratives of graduates with invisible disabilities in Italy

This article explores the external factors that have influenced the university success of graduates with invisible disabilities and the recommendations they make to universities to encourage stu dents with disabilities to stay and successfully complete their degrees. This qualitative study involved...

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Autores: Moriña Díez, Anabel, Tontini, Laura, Perera Rodríguez, Víctor Hugo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/154352
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/154352
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher education
Hidden disabilities
University success
External factors
Recommendations
Descripción
Sumario:This article explores the external factors that have influenced the university success of graduates with invisible disabilities and the recommendations they make to universities to encourage stu dents with disabilities to stay and successfully complete their degrees. This qualitative study involved interviews with 15 graduates from eight Italian universities. The results identified family, peers, faculty, and disability offices as the main factors that influenced their continuation with university studies. Recommendations included the need to provide more information to both students with disabilities (about the services that universities offer to support them) and faculty (about the students with disabilities they have in their classrooms and the necessary accommo dations). These factors can be seen as levers for inclusion that benefit the whole university community