Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland
This paper explores the lived experience of incivility for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Ireland. The higher education (HE) environment can be challenging for students with TBI. Incivility is common in higher education, and students with disabilities such as TBI are ofte...
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| description | This paper explores the lived experience of incivility for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Ireland. The higher education (HE) environment can be challenging for students with TBI. Incivility is common in higher education, and students with disabilities such as TBI are often marginalized within academia, making them more vulnerable to incivility. For this paper, data are drawn from the first author’s autoethnographic study, and is supplemented with semi-structured interviews from a sample of HE seven students also with TBI. Results revealed that participants’ experiences of incivility were common and were linked to the organizational culture of higher education. Our experiences point to a need for better responsiveness when interactions are frequently uncivil, despite there being policies that recognize diversity and equality. This is the first paper of its kind to explore this particular experience in Ireland and the purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the challenges of neurodiverse students and how they are exacerbated by organizational and interpersonal incivility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af969799a44b460692b13425bc086e962023-11-21T23:59:12ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982021-06-011126010.3390/soc11020060Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in IrelandTeresa Shiels0Neil Kenny1Roy Shiels2Patricia Mannix-McNamara3School of Education, University of Limerick, V94 H58H Limerick, IrelandSchool of Inclusive and Special Education, Dublin City University, 9 Dublin, IrelandStudent Affairs, University of Limerick, V94 H58H Limerick, IrelandSchool of Education, University of Limerick, V94 H58H Limerick, IrelandThis paper explores the lived experience of incivility for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Ireland. The higher education (HE) environment can be challenging for students with TBI. Incivility is common in higher education, and students with disabilities such as TBI are often marginalized within academia, making them more vulnerable to incivility. For this paper, data are drawn from the first author’s autoethnographic study, and is supplemented with semi-structured interviews from a sample of HE seven students also with TBI. Results revealed that participants’ experiences of incivility were common and were linked to the organizational culture of higher education. Our experiences point to a need for better responsiveness when interactions are frequently uncivil, despite there being policies that recognize diversity and equality. This is the first paper of its kind to explore this particular experience in Ireland and the purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the challenges of neurodiverse students and how they are exacerbated by organizational and interpersonal incivility.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/2/60incivilitystudents with traumatic brain injuryhigher educationpower |
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| title | Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland |
| title_full | Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland |
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| title_short | Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland |
| title_sort | incivility in higher education challenges of inclusion for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury in ireland |
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