Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities Receiving Accommodations: A Survey of Satisfaction & Subjective Well-Being.

AGE factors in disease; CHI-squared test; COLLEGE students; STUDENTS with disabilities; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STUDENT attitudes; SURVEYS; WORLD Wide Web; STATISTICAL power analysis; WELL-being; ACADEMIC accommodations; DESCRIPTIVE statistics

The present study addresses the importance of the onset of disability, subjective well-being, and satisfaction with educational accommodations received through disability support services (DSS) for students with disabilities. A total of 116 participants receiving services from DSS at a Midwestern University completed a survey via online and/or paper format. The purpose of this study was (a) to determine whether onset of disability was independent of reported subjective well-being for postsecondary students with disabilities (SWD), and (b) to assess students' satisfaction with educational accommodations received through disability support services. Results indicate no significant relationship existing between subjective well-being and onset of disability for postsecondary SWD; however, findings revealed that the majority of students reported satisfaction with received accommodations from DSS. Discussion and implications are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]