Status of Academic Accommodations for Female Students with Learning Disabilities at King Saud University

Husseiny, Mohamed Abdou; Alrayes, Lamya Abdullaziz

doi:10.21608/aikm.2025.333905.1090

Status of Academic Accommodations for Female Students with Learning Disabilities at King Saud University

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Special Education Faculty of Education, Ain Shams Univesity Arab East College for Graduate Studies

² Arab East College for Graduate Studies, Riyadh

10.21608/aikm.2025.333905.1090

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the status of academic accommodations (AA) for female students with learning disabilities (LD) at King Saud University (KSU) from the perspective of faculty members. The study utilized the descriptive survey method. The participants included 371 faculty members from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Law and Political Science at KSU. Additionally, seven female students with LD within these colleges and four specialists from the Students with Disabilities Center (SDC) at KSU participated. The study utilized three research instruments: a questionnaire on the status of AA for female students with LD, a questionnaire on the satisfaction of female students with LD regarding AA, and an interview tool developed by the researcher for academic support specialists at the SDC. The results indicated that faculty members generally reported a high level of awareness regarding the procedures for implementing AA. This suggests their familiarity with implementing AA for female students with LD. The most important suggestion for improving the implementation of AA, as identified by faculty members, was the need for positive interaction with, encouragement of, and support for students. Additionally, faculty members emphasized the importance of accurate diagnoses for each student to determine appropriate AA. The study also found that female students with LD were generally satisfied with the provided AA. Finally, data extracted from the interviews with academic support specialists at the SDC revealed that the university's rules and organizational procedures for students with disabilities were considered satisfactory.

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