The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Access to Accommodations in Postsecondary Education

dc.contributor.authorYull, Ashleyen
dc.date.accessed2018-06-13en
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T19:54:05Zen
dc.date.available2018-07-16T19:54:05Zen
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, the author argues that even though individuals who grew up in poverty may experience more severe impairment associated with the behavioral characteristics of autism, they are less likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis. Therefore, when colleges and require students with mental impairments to present evidence of a psychiatric diagnosis as a pre-requisite for access to accommodations, students who grew up in poverty are disproportionately prevented from accessing accommodations, which are required for them to compete on equal footing with their non-disabled peers. This in turn perpetuates a lack of educational attainment among individuals who grew up in poverty (disproportionately individuals from minority groups), leading to lower adult productivity and earning among these individuals. The paper examines federal policies and legislation underlying the provision of educational opportunities to all students (including students with disabilities).en
dc.description.sponsorshipJournal of Gender, Social Policy & the Lawen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1660&context=jgsplen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/84009en
dc.identifier.volumeVolume 23: Issue 2, Article 4en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherJournal of Gender, Social Policy & the Lawen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectStudents with disabilities--United Statesen
dc.subjectdiscrimination in college accommodationsen
dc.subjectMental illness--Diagnosisen
dc.subjecteducation, higheren
dc.titleThe Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Access to Accommodations in Postsecondary Educationen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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