The ideal university classroom: Stories by students with disabilities

This article analyzes what Spanish students with disabilities would like their public university classroom to be like. A biographic-narrative methodology was used. These students made recommendations that contribute to creating their ideal university classroom: participatory teaching methodologies and the use of new technology resources, positive lecturer attitudes regarding disability and specific teacher-training in disability and technologies. The conclusions section includes a series of suggestions for design of accessible university classrooms for all. This is precisely the main contribution of this study, as previous research has focused exclusively on analyzing barriers as identified by students with disabilities rather than proposals suggested by these students for improving the university environment.