Dr. Richard Chapman is a Post Doctorate Fellow at the University of Kansas, and one of my former students from his early days as a college freshman. Today he is sharing his story about his journey to earning his Ph.D as a student with a disability, the accommodations he used in college, and his favorite assistive technology (hint: Dragon Naturally Speaking). He talks about the challenges with his Cerebral Palsy. He shares the importance of his work with self-determination, and and the need for parents to give their kids with disabilities high expectations to succeed. He is part of the team led by the work of Dr. Karrie A. Shogren and Dr. Michael L. Wehmeyer and their Causal Agency Theory pertaining to self-determination.
