Academic Adaptation Ability of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education
Keywords:
adaptability, academic, disabled students, collegeAbstract
Adapting to the lecture process is a challenge for students with disabilities in higher education. Difficulty adapting to higher education will affect their comfort while on campus, academic achievement, participation/activeness as students. The purpose of this study was to describe the learning adaptation ability of second semester students with disabilities at Lambung Mangkurat University through qualitative methods. The research subjects were nine people with various disability conditions. Data were collected through interview, observation, and documentation techniques, then analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the adaptation ability of students with disabilities was influenced by various factors, namely self-confidence and acceptance of the conditions experienced, campus facilities that were not yet fully accessible, friendship environment, and parental support. Services at Lambung Mangkurat University still need to be improved so that providing comfort, confidence, and ease in attending lectures for students with disabilities can be fulfilled.
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