Perspectives of teachers of students with intellectual disabilities on the role of educational policies and systems in using Universal Design for Learning: A qualitative study

Sarah Khaled Alfawzan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333432

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Perspectives of teachers of students with intellectual disabilities on the role of educational policies and systems in using Universal Design for Learning: A qualitative study

Sarah Khaled Alfawzan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: salfozan@kfu.edu.sa

Affiliation Assistant Professor of Special Education, Department of Special Education, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-4238

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Perspectives of teachers of students with intellectual disabilities on the role of educational policies and systems in using Universal Design for Learning: A qualitative study

Sarah Khaled Alfawzan

Published: September 26, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333432

About the Authors

Sarah Khaled Alfawzan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: salfozan@kfu.edu.sa

Affiliation Assistant Professor of Special Education, Department of Special Education, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-4238

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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