Report: Disability Differentials in Educational Attainment in England
Authors: Stella Chatzitheochari and Lucinda Platt
Published by: The British Journal of Sociology, April 2018
SUMMARY
The researchers analysed data from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, a study that followed approximately 16,000 adolescents from 658 secondary schools aged 13 to 20.
The authors examined whether differences in educational attainment among young people with disabilities are solely a result of poor performance at key stages of their school career or whether other social factors are at play. They found disabled adolescents are less likely to pursue an academic pathway than their peers despite the fact many impairments are not inherently linked to cognitive limitations.
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