What are the barriers for students with disabilities to choose a professional career?

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In addition to the general barriers students with disabilities experience in entering higher education, those who choose a professional career, for example in engineering, law and medicine, experience additional barriers. The lack of clarity regarding decision-making about admission criteria as well as the position of practical placements has, for example, been problematic. Where professional or registration bodies stipulate that certain competencies need to be met before practicing rights are granted (e.g. nursing), universities are placed in the difficult situation where the needs of their students with disabilities, who may require adjustments or accommodations to facilitate the demonstration of such competencies are not met. Regarding admission criteria, Roberts (2004) for example found in a study on four medical schools in the United Kingdom that there was no standardization regarding admission criteria for students with disabilities. This means that an applicant with the same disability may get accepted at one medical school while rejected at another. The result has been that people with disabilities are globally underrepresented in the professions, with lower academic achievement and employment success.

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