Features of academic professional and personal identity of students with disabilities

Abstract

Introduction. The article substantiates the relevance and feasibility of studying the characteristics of the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities. The need to take into account the characteristics and find ways to effectively and efficiently manage the formation and development of educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities is emphasized.Purpose setting. Purpose of the study is the analysis of the characteristics of the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities.Methodology and methods of the study. Research methods are the theoretical analysis and synthesis of issues related to the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic approach to understanding the characteristics of the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities.Results. Currently, there are theoretical tasks of identifying the characteristics of the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities, overcoming the contradictions associated with attempts to comprehend the specifics of identity and other socio-psychological characteristics of groups of students who are extremely diverse in the nature of their existing health limitations. One of the leading problems is related to the divergence of researchers' ideas about the existence, sources and nature of such differences: some researchers believe that many differences between students with and without disabilities are exaggerated. Other researchers believe that these differences are downplayed, underestimated, or insufficiently and accurately described.Conclusion. The author summarizes the results of research into the characteristics of the educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities. The importance and promise of systemic, holistic work in the context of the formation and development of educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities is emphasized: providing conditions for the formation and development of mature educational, professional and personal identity of students with disabilities.