Students' "personal determination, beliefs and actions," as well as "identifying themselves to the disability support offices," being "proactive with their faculty members," and having "motivation" are crucial.

Personal Factors for Academic Success in Disabled Students: Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy

Developing and utilizing effective coping strategies, such as "stress-relieving exercises," "different types of study plans," and "spending more time than their peers on coursework," contribute to success.

Personal Factors for Academic Success in Disabled Students: Coping Strategies

- Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy
- Coping Strategies

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- Personal Factors
- External/Contextual Factors

Supports for Academic Success of Students Invisible with Disabilities

Moriña, A. (2024). When what is unseen does not exist: disclosure, barriers and supports for students with invisible disabilities in higher education. Disability & Society, 39(4), 914-932. DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2113038

Reference: When what is unseen does not exist: disclosure, barriers and supports for students with invisible disabilities in higher education

Personal Factors for Academic Success of Students with Invisible Disabilities

- Informal Support Networks
- Supportive Faculty
- Disability Offices
- Inclusive Teaching Practices

External/Contextual Factors for Academic Success of Students with Invisible Disabilities

- Informal Support Networks: "Family and peers" are highlighted as "the most effective" source of informal support.

- Supportive Faculty: While often a barrier, when faculty members "taken an interest in them, helped them and made the necessary accommodations," they act as facilitators. Training faculty in accommodations and disability is identified as a key external factor.

- Disability Offices: These offices play a vital role in "mediat[ing] to facilitate the accommodations required by students and provide them with access to the support they needed." However, students often only become aware of them when "already experiencing academic difficulties."

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