Willingness of university faculty members to provide accommodations for students with AD HD in Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

The purpose of the current study was to examine the willingness of university faculty members toward the provision of accommodations for college students with ADHD in Saudi Arabia and to identify differences among participants based on gender, nationality, having previous teaching experience of students with ADHD, having a relative or family member with ADHD, and academic rank and discipline.

In addition, the author measured the relationship between participants’ willingness toward the provision of accommodations and their perception of professional development provided at King Saud University.

A sample of 479 male and female participants filled out an online questionnaire.

Data was collected using a modification of The Accommodation of University Students with Disabilities Inventory (AUSDI) developed by Wolman, McCrink, Rodriguez, and Harris-Looby (2004).

The results indicated that the willingness of participants to provide accommodations did not relate to their gender, having a relative or family member with ADHD, or academic rank and discipline.

There was also no association between the participants’ willingness toward the provision of accommodations and their perception of professional development provided at King Saud University.

However, it was concluded that the Saudi participants and the participants without previous teaching experience were more positive toward accommodations than were non-Saudi participants and those with no previous teaching experience.