How are students with intellectual disabilities included in areas other than academics such as campus organizations, athletics, and social events?
Several researchers (i.e., Casale-Giannhola & Wilson Kamens, 2006; Hamill 2003) have found that friendships have formed from inclusive college experiences. Social interactions are not limited to classrooms. In inclusive higher education, students with disabilities interact with other students with disabilities and nondisabled peers in typical ways, such as attending sporting events, participating in campus organizations, joining inter-mural sports, eating at the student union, attending campus concerts, etc. In an ideal inclusive higher education environment students with intellectual disabilities are given autonomy and maximal opportunity for typical and meaningful interaction with college peers. Social interactions and friendships exist between students with intellectual disabilities and nondisabled peers with minimal power dynamics. In addition, students with intellectual disabilities are able to navigate relationships with disabled and nondisabled peers and take pride in their iden
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