Experienced By higher Institution Female Students With Disabilities In Selected Higher Institutions In Nigeria
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Dada, Olubukola Christianah, Adetoun Olubanke, Ogunwale, Oluwatoyin Rachael.
This paper examined the extent to which female students with disabilities are discriminated against in terms of educational participation. Political involvement.Family setting and social relationships. Questionnaire was administered to 42 female students with disabilities to know their views about their experiences concerning discrimination. The female students that participated in this study are from Federal College Of Education Special (Oyo).the University of Jos and the University of Ibadan.all in Nigeria. The study used a descriptive survey research design. T-test statistics was used to analyze the information gathered from the questionnaire. The major findings of this study are that persons with disabilities especially those that of the female gander are discriminated against. Based on these findings it was recommended that female students with disabilities should be treated basically as human who are capable of loving and who also crave love in return.it was also recommended that they should be allowed the right to education equal,social opportunities and quality family life irrespective of their disabilities.persons with disabilities are assets and should be allowed to reach their potentials.Reaching their potentials can only be possible if the society is willing to accommodate them.
