Accessible Business Instruction (ABI): A New Model for Business Education

Abstract

Students who attend college in the hopes of earning a business degree assume a financial risk. Of undergraduate students who attend college, approximately 60,000 report having a Specific Learning Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or Autism Spectrum Disorder. These three conditions comprise a population known as students with learning differences. The introduction of a business instruction model that includes the best elements of traditional business education with Universal Design and LD instructional principles could improve the education for students with learning differences. The Accessible Business Instruction (ABI) model combines these best elements and promotes flexibility and innovation in classroom instruction