Support for Students with Special Educational Needs in Universities in Hong Kong: An Overview of the Issues

Effectiveness of a career intervention for improving career‐related outcomes in higher education students with disabilities

“…In Hong Kong, funding for university disability services is unsustainable and tends to focus on educational aspects, with minimal funding diverted to career development and facilitating job seeking for YPWDs (Chan & Yeung, 2020). It is common for disability services to collaborate with career services to offer more specific career development support for YPWDs.…”

“…It seems greater educational attainment does not lead to greater market success, and the underutilization of the talent and potential of YPWDs with HE will persist (Stewart & Schwartz, 2018). Funding initiated by the Hong Kong government to support YPWDs in HE is unsustainable and tends to focus on educational aspects, with minimal funding diverted to career development and facilitating job seeking for YPWDs (Chan & Yeung, 2020). Wanberg et al (2010) report that for many people, the job search is "a bit of a roller coaster, with ups and downs in perceived progress and experienced affect" (p. 801).…”

“…This also limits the generalizability of the results of this study, making it difficult to understand whether young people with visible disabilities and those with invisible disabilities differ in their job search experience. In Hong Kong universities, unlike their Western counterparts, disability is based on self-report and identification (Chan & Yeung, 2020); only a small number of students choose to report their disability to receive support. Many of them choose not to disclose because stigmatization is at stake, and they feel there is often no additional benefit.…”