Supporting the development of students with disabilities in higher education: access, stigma, identity, and power.

Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, Sagit Mor, Dalia Sachs, Naomi Schreuer

Pages 1776-1791 | Published online: 28 Jul 2021

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2021.1960303

ABSTRACT: Over the years, the evolution of student development theories has paved the way to include diverse students, including students with disabilities (SWD). Still, student development theories are yet to employ a view of disability as a social category and an identity. To fill this gap, the current study applies the three waves of student development theories and critical disability theory to analyze and understand how SWD perceive and experience disability support centers (DSCs), and the contribution they attribute to DSCs for their development and success in higher education and afterward.