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"You Missed The Exam!" A Discourse With College Students With Learning Disabilities On Their Experiences With Self-Determination, Self-Advocacy, And Stigma In Secondary And Postsecondary Education, Karen Diane Grella
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The purpose of this study was to learn about the participants' academic and social experiences in high school and college as students with a learning disability. In particular, this study focused on the self-determination of college students with learning disabilities, how they understand the concept of self-advocacy, and how they utilize self-advocacy skills in educational settings. Eleven college students with learning disabilities participated in one-on-one in-depth interviews at a university in the Northeastern United States. The data was informed by Carol Dweck's theoretical work on motivation and intelligence and Erving Goffman's stigma theory. The results of this study provide insight …