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The participants completed the Educators’Attitudes toward Disability Scale (EADS) and a demographic questionnaire that included questions about their experiences with disability. There were three research questions at the heart of this study: (1) What are post-secondary educators’ overall attitudes toward disability? (2) Do demographic factors predict post-secondary educators’ attitudes toward disability? (3) Does exposure to people with disability predict post-secondary educators’ attitudes toward disability? The findings of this study suggest post-secondary educators hold overall positive attitudes toward disability and there were very few differences observed between groups (e.g. , based on age, gender, discipline, etc.) . Educators’ experiences with people who have a disability, however, were positively associated with their attitudes. This factor included personal experiences (e.g. , friends, family, etc.), but also professional experiences (e.g. , students in their classes) .  \nKeywords: disability, attitude, professors, post-secondary, determinant factors, experience  \nRésumé  \nCette étude examine l’attitude de 128 enseignants à l’égard du handicap dans un collège et une université du sud-ouest del’Ontario, au Canada. Les participants ont rempli le Educators Attitudes toward Disability Scale (EADS) et un questionnaire démographique incluant des questions au sujet de leurs expériences avec le handicap. Trois questions de recherche ont été soulevées : (1) Quelle est l’attitude générale des enseignants d’établissements postsecondaires à l’égard du handicap? (2) Les facteurs démographiques ont-ils une incidence sur l’attitude des enseignants d’établissements postsecondaires à l’égard du handicap? (3) L’exposition à des personnes en situation de handicap a-t-elle une incidence sur l’attitude des enseignants d’établissements postsecondaires à l’égard du handicap? Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent que les enseignants du secteur postsecondaire ont une attitude généralement positive à l’égard des personnes en situation de handicap, et très peude différences ont été observées entre les groupes (p. ex. sur la base de l’âge, du sexe, de la discipline, etc.). Cependant, l’expérience avec des personnes en situation de handicap avait une incidence positive sur les attitudes. Ce facteur comprenait les expériences personnelles (p. ex. amis, famille, etc.) et l’expérience professionnelle (p. ex. étudiants) .  \nMots-clés : handicap, attitude, enseignants, postsecondaire, facteurs déterminants, expérience  \nIntroduction  \nThe successful completion of post-secondary education has long been touted as a key to economic security. According to Statistics Canada, having a post-secondary education is associated with lower unemployment and higher earnings compared to those without a college  \nor university education, although one’s chosen field of study also has an impact on income potential (Ostrovsky & Frenette, 2015) . In addition, people with disabilities tend to have higher rates of unemployment compared to people without disabilities, but this difference is considerably lower for those with a post-secondary education (particularly among those with mild impairments; Tur-  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education | Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur 51:4 (2021)   \ncotte, 2014) . Recently, strategies have been put in place to make higher education more accessible for people with disabilities (e.g. , bursaries, transition planning, etc.) . These efforts have resulted in more students with disabilities than ever before attending post-secondary institutions (McCloy & DeClou, 2013) .  \nThose students with disabilities","cbCainXax8l3ihhD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainXax8l3ihhD","pdf",195581,13,"English","# Abstract\n## Research questions\n## Findings\n## Introduction\n## Disability services and accommodations\n## Barriers and accessibility initiatives","[{\"question\":\"What was the focus of this study on educators’ attitudes toward disability?\",\"answer\":\"The study examined post-secondary educators’ attitudes toward disability and how these attitudes relate to demographics and experience with disability.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the researchers measure educators’ attitudes and experience?\",\"answer\":\"Participants completed the Educators’ Attitudes toward Disability Scale (EADS) and a demographic questionnaire that included questions about their experiences with disability.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factor was most closely associated with educators’ attitudes toward disability?\",\"answer\":\"Educators’ experiences with people who have a disability were positively associated with their attitudes, including both personal and professional experiences.\"}]","Experiences Matter: Educators’Attitudes toward Disability in Higher Education - Research Study | PDF",1792084051,33]