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Exploration of Concerns Affecting the Mental Well-being of Disabled Students Who Withdrew from Post-Secondary Education in Ontario
(Brock University, 2025) Adesina, Temilade Favour; Dr. Mullins, Laura; Center for Applied Disability Studies
Disabled students are enrolling in post-secondary education in Canada at higher rates than in the last decade. Despite this improvement in enrollment, only a smaller percentage of them graduated. Systematic and structural barriers affect the health and participation of disabled students in academic activities. Therefore, understanding the experiences of disabled students and the factors that led them to withdraw from post-secondary education is necessary. Informed by critical disability studies and academic ableism, I sought to understand the factors that affect the mental well-being of disabled students and how they lead them to withdraw from post-secondary education in Ontario. This research utilized an interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology to investigate their life experiences. Five (n = 5) disabled students who withdrew from post-secondary education were recruited for online interviews via social media. Five descriptive themes were developed from the data, capturing the experiences of the participants: (1) positive beginnings undermined by insurmountable endings, (2) disabled students' encounters with academic ableism, (3) retrogressive emotional experience of disabled students, (4) withdrawal as a slow unravelling of hope and belonging, and (5) envisioning change. Identifying that some began with good mental well-being, while others described challenges as they progress in their studies. This study described impending issues that impact well-being and identified potential areas for intervention in post-secondary education to avert the withdrawal of disabled students. Likewise, areas where ableism still exists in post-secondary institutions were identified. The results also provide recommendations for society, academic institutions, and policymakers to support disabled students in successfully navigating post-secondary education.
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The Press, Volume 39, Issue 7, September 30, 2003
(2003-09-30) Dynes, Liam (Editor); Lowry, Travis (News); McNeil, Calum (News); Walsh, Stephanie (Business); Bradley, Brian (Focus); Dart, Chris (Culture); Evenden, Steven (Sports); Berketo, Kyle (Layout); Hryshko, Alex (Chief Photographer); Bronsteter, Aaron (Marginalia); Pisiak, Mike (Illustrator); Woodward, Paula (Advertising)
The Press, Volume 39, Issue 7 includes: Union Station finally reopens are two weeks following safety concerns posed by building inspectors; East Academic budlings opened; Niagara’s Candidates: Getting to Know the MPP candidates.
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The Press, Volume 39, Issue 6, September 23, 2003
(2003-09-23) Dynes, Liam (Editor); Lowry, Travis (News); McNeil, Calum (News); Walsh, Stephanie (Business); Bradley, Brian (Focus); Dart, Chris (Culture); Evenden, Steven (Sports); Berketo, Kyle (Layout); Hryshko, Alex (Chief Photographer); Bronsteter, Aaron (Marginalia); Pisiak, Mike (Illustrator); Woodward, Paula (Advertising)
The Press, Volume 39, Issue 6 includes: Students finally move into completed Lowenberger residence; The introduction of a universal bus pass and the increase in undergraduate enrollment is putting a strain on the St. Catharines Transit system as congestion on the buses starts to take hold.
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The Press, Volume 39, Issue 5, September 16, 2003
(2003-09-16) Dynes, Liam (Editor); Lowry, Travis (News); McNeil, Calum (News); Walsh, Stephanie (Business); Bradley, Brian (Focus); Dart, Chris (Culture); Evenden, Steven (Sports); Berketo, Kyle (Layout); Hryshko, Alex (Chief Photographer); Bronsteter, Aaron (Marginalia); Pisiak, Mike (Illustrator); Woodward, Paula (Advertising)
The Press, Volume 39, Issue 5 includes: Though the universal bus pass has been met by some mixed feelings for Brock students, some students are now lobbying for bus pass opt-out; Housing students the 300 students who were supposed to stay in the Lowenberger residence has become very expensive for the university as delays on the opening of the residence persist; In the wake of the U.S. led war in Iraq, the country is in shambles with the people having nothing but a dismantled government and guards with high powered rifles patrol the streets day and night to try and control the chaos.
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The Press, Volume 39, Issue 4, September 9, 2003
(2003-09-09) Dynes, Liam (Editor); Lowry, Travis (News); McNeil, Calum (News); Walsh, Stephanie (Business); Bradley, Brian (Focus); Dart, Chris (Culture); Evenden, Steven (Sports); Berketo, Kyle (Layout); Hryshko, Alex (Chief Photographer); Bronsteter, Aaron (Marginalia); Pisiak, Mike (Illustrator); Woodward, Paula (Advertising)
The Press, Volume 39, Issue 4 includes: Lowenberger residence will not be ready for students come Sept. 1; The average tuition in Canada is up 7.4 per cent; Universal bus pass is being put to good use by students; Brock takes in double the students, allowing for what they call a double cohort.