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Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mississippi Community Colleges.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mississippi Community Colleges./
Author:	Berry, Krystal M.
Description:	1 online resource (195 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-11A(E).
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780438067424

Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mississippi Community Colleges.
Berry, Krystal M.

Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mississippi Community Colleges. - 1 online resource (195 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of Mississippi, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how students with autism spectrum disorder experience the community college setting in Mississippi. It was designed to be exploratory in nature and was intended to provide practitioners a glimpse into the postsecondary experiences of students with autism (Bell, Devecchi, McGuckin, & Shevlin, 2017). Through the contextualization of Labaree's framework and person-environment fit models, this critical disability study emphasizes "empowerment, agency, and social change" (Vaccaro, Kimball, Wells, & Ostiguy, 2015, p. 26). This study aimed not only to contribute to the understanding of lived experiences, but also to contribute to the discussion of marginalization of students with autism spectrum disorder in higher education by applying a framework of democratic equality, social efficiency, and social mobility. The study was guided by three research questions: (1) What are the experiences of students with ASD within the community college system in Mississippi? (2) How do the experiences affect the students' perceptions of a successful degree completion? (3) What do students with ASD believe can be done within their college to support their educational endeavors?

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438067424Subjects--Topical Terms:

1148448
Higher education.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mississippi Community Colleges.
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