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Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland

Shiels, Teresa, Kenny, Neil orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2340-6586, Shiels, Roy and Mannix-McNamara, Patricia orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3011-0177 (2021) Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland. Societies, 11 (60). ISSN 2075-4698

Abstract
This paper explores the lived experience of incivility for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Ireland. The higher education (HE) environment can be challenging for students with TBI. Incivility is common in higher education, and students with disabilities such as TBI are often marginalized within academia, making them more vulnerable to incivility. For this paper, data are drawn from the first author’s autoethnographic study, and is supplemented with semi-structured interviews from a sample of HE seven students also with TBI. Results revealed that participants’ experiences of incivility were common and were linked to the organizational culture of higher education. Our experiences point to a need for better responsiveness when interactions are frequently uncivil, despite there being policies that recognize diversity and equality. This is the first paper of its kind to explore this particular experience in Ireland and the purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the challenges of neurodiverse students and how they are exacerbated by organizational and interpersonal incivility.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Incivility; students with traumatic brain injury; higher education; power
Subjects:Social Sciences > Adult education
Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Inclusive & Special Education
DCU Faculties and Schools
Publisher:MDPI AG
Official URL:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/2/60
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:30977
Deposited On:22 Apr 2025 13:02 by Carroll Keoghan . Last Modified 22 Apr 2025 13:02
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