title: Disability on campus: a perspective from faculty and staff.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify employee perceptions regarding disability-related workplace issues in Institutions of Higher Education (IHE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Faculty and staff (N=1,144) at a large, Midwestern university.
  
  
  METHODS
  A voluntary on-line survey of disability-related employment issues was developed by the university's Chancellor's Committee of Persons with Disabilities. Item responses were analyzed using descriptive and Pearson chi-square statistical methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen percent of faculty and staff respondents were found to have disabilities, with 26% reporting experience of job discrimination, and 20% reporting harassment because of their disability. Results indicated significant differences on gender, employment standing (i.e., faculty or staff) and disability status (i.e., with or without a disability), in regard to perceptions of disability acceptance, campus accessibility, disability awareness, ADA policy, and knowledge of work accommodation procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recommendations for IHEs are provided to promote a welcoming and inclusive campus that ultimately supports work success for persons with a disability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. ShigakiC@health.Missouri.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shigaki
authors.forename: Kim M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Howald
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Henson
authors.forename: Bonnie E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Gregg
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000592:standards; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000523:psychology; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011287:Prejudice; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology