Transportation challenges for urban students with disabilities: parent perspectives.
This qualitative study explored parent perspectives of the transportation difficulties students with disabilities experienced getting to and around school. Participants were parents of predominantly African American and Latino/a high school youth with disabilities from low income neighborhoods. Content analysis of 14 meetings with 5 to 12 parents sponsored by the school district revealed five primary themes concerning transportation: the role of aides, exclusion from school programming, scheduling problems, equipment problems, and physical safety issues. Findings are discussed in regard to students' social and emotional experiences at school. Implications for school policy include improving the integration of transportation within inclusion best practice models. Incorporating parent perspectives can help school administrators and staff enrich the quality of inclusive, socially just education for students with disabilities.
a Department of Psychology , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
Benjamin C
BC
Graham
Christopher B
CB
Keys
Susan D
SD
McMahon
Michael R
MR
Brubacher
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D001290:Attitude; D003479:Curriculum; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization; D014186:Transportation; D014505:Urban Population