TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparisons of Self-Determination among Students with Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Learning Disabilities
T2 - A Multivariate Analysis
AU - Chou, Yu Chi
AU - Wehmeyer, Michael L.
AU - Palmer, Susan B.
AU - Lee, Jaehoon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2015.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - This study examined differences in self-determination among students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), students with intellectual disability (ID), and students with learning disabilities (LD). A total of 222 participants with an equal size group for each of the three disability categories were selected to participate in the comparison of total self-determination and domain scores. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed on four dependent variables (DVs)/factors, including autonomy, self-regulation, psychological empowerment, and self-realization. The results indicated that students with ASD had significantly lower levels of autonomy compared with students in either other group; that students with ID had significantly lower levels of self-regulation than students with LD, but not significantly different from students with ASD; that students with ASD and students with ID had significantly lower levels of psychological empowerment than students with LD; and that students with ID had significantly lower levels of self-realization than students with LD, but not significantly different from students with ASD. Suggestions for future research and implications for educators were also discussed.
AB - This study examined differences in self-determination among students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), students with intellectual disability (ID), and students with learning disabilities (LD). A total of 222 participants with an equal size group for each of the three disability categories were selected to participate in the comparison of total self-determination and domain scores. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed on four dependent variables (DVs)/factors, including autonomy, self-regulation, psychological empowerment, and self-realization. The results indicated that students with ASD had significantly lower levels of autonomy compared with students in either other group; that students with ID had significantly lower levels of self-regulation than students with LD, but not significantly different from students with ASD; that students with ASD and students with ID had significantly lower levels of psychological empowerment than students with LD; and that students with ID had significantly lower levels of self-realization than students with LD, but not significantly different from students with ASD. Suggestions for future research and implications for educators were also discussed.
KW - The Arc's Self-Determination Scale
KW - autism
KW - intellectual disability
KW - learning disabilities
KW - self-determination
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019624682&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1088357615625059
DO - 10.1177/1088357615625059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019624682
SN - 1088-3576
VL - 32
SP - 124
EP - 134
JO - Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
JF - Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
IS - 2
ER -