PSYCHOSOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROFILE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The study was undertaken to investigate the profile of the psychosocial and educational adjustment of students with disability in relation to Addis Ababa University settings. It examines the conditions and effects of the immediate ecosocial factors (physical and social) on the educational and psychosocial adjustment of the subjects. It also attempts to suggest adjustment promotive strategies from an ecological perspective. c The subjects covered in the study were students with visual disabilities (nonvisuals) and f students with motor disabilities (leg paralysis, arm paralysis, broken ribs, impairment of feet and folded hands). A questionnaire was employed for collecting data. The finding c of the study disclosed that both groups have encountered social, educational and physical f barriers implying similar tendency on adjustment profile. However, chi-square (X2) test ;: results revealed the existence of statistically significant dissociation in modes of, adjustment in relation to certain variables. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 1994;8(1):43-61]