A Study on the Perception of the Right to Vote of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in College Students: Based on the Experience of Disability Related Education

발달장애인 선거권에 대한 대학생의 인식 연구: 장애관련 교육경험 유무를 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to examine the perception of the right to vote of persons with developmental disabilities in college students. College students attending in A University and B University in Gwangju Metropolitan City were selected using convenience sampling and 370 samples were finally analyzed. The results were as follows. First, the subjects who took a disability course had high perception of the right to vote of persons with developmental disabilities. Second, it was discovered that the more times people participated in the volunteer work related to disabilities, the more recognition they had on the voting rights of people with developmental disabilities. Third, the subjects who responded for the need for the political rights of persons with developmental disabilities had more positive perception of the right to vote of persons with developmental disabilities than those who did not responded. Based on the findings, it was suggested that methods should be investigated to establish positive attitude and perception of the right to vote of persons with developmental disabilities in persons without developmental disabilities including college students.

본 연구는 대학생들의 발달장애인 선거권에 대한 인식을 알아보는데 목적이 있다. 광주광역시의 A대학교와 B대학교에 재학 중인 학생들을 대상으로 편의표집을 통해 최종 370명의 자료를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 장애관련 강좌를 수강한 적이 있는 경우에 발달장애인의 선거권에 대한 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 장애관련 봉사 참여 횟수가 많을수록 발달장애인의 선거권에 대한 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 발달장애인의 참정권 필요하다고 응답한 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우보다 선거권의 인식이 긍정적인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통해 대학생을 포함한 비장애인들이 발달장애인의 선거권에 대한 긍정적인 태도와 인식을 확립하기 위한 방안 모색이 필요함을 제언하였다.