ERIC Number: EJ1054322
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1365-4802
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Student Perceptions: Improving the Educational Experiences of High School Students on the Autism Spectrum
Saggers, Beth
Improving Schools, v18 n1 p35-45 Mar 2015
Listening to and reflecting on the voices and personal stories of adolescent students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is critically important to developing more inclusive approaches to their education. This article considers the experiences of nine adolescents with an ASD on their inclusive education in a large urban secondary school in Australia. These educational experiences were mapped onto four themes emanating from a similar study by Humphrey and Lewis from the United Kingdom. The results from both studies suggest that although students with ASD are having positive and enabling educational experiences, a number of common inhibitors continue to prevent them from taking full advantage of their schooling. By listening to the voices of students with ASD, specific enablers and inhibitors to promoting successful educational experiences are identified, and recommendations for practice are put forward to better support the education not only of students with ASD but all students.
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Improvement, Inclusion, Barriers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Peer Relationship, Anxiety, Stress Variables, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Attitudes, Change Strategies, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Environment, Academic Support Services, Peer Acceptance, Interpersonal Relationship, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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