Exploring Facilitators to Participation for Wheelchair Users at a South African University

Autor/inn/en	McIntyre, June; Gurayah, Thavanesi; Adonis, Nadé; Elliott, Leigh-Anne; Müller-Nedebock, Aninka; Sibeko, Zanele
Titel	Exploring Facilitators to Participation for Wheelchair Users at a South African University
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 16 (2019) 5, S.70-85 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2017.1340810
Schlagwörter	Student Participation; Students with Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Males; College Students; Assistive Technology; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Personality Traits; Independent Living; Self Esteem; Team Sports; Religious Factors; Social Support Groups; Student Motivation; South Africa (Durban) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Selbstverantwortung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Mannschaftssport; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	The focus of research to date has been on barriers rather than facilitating factors to participation for wheelchair users at higher education institutions (HEIs). This article reports on a single case study that explored the facilitating factors which contributed to a young male student with a spinal cord injury's participation at a South African university. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the student and two peers whom he identified as key informants. The interviews focused on exploring his lived experience to identify factors which the participants perceived as facilitators to participation at university. The four most prominent facilitating factors that emerged during the data analysis were his drive, attitude, disposition and relationships. As the young man fully engaged in a variety of occupations at university, his sense of independence and self-worth were enhanced, which in turn led to him having a meaningful and productive university life, being able to manage any of the barriers he encountered on campus. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01