Perception of students with disabilities who had different levels of stress

Abstract The article aimed to describe the perception of students with disabilities at the Federal University of Pará who presented different levels of stress. Eleven of the 29 students with stress and 8 of the 21 without stress participated in the study. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale and the interview script were applied to identify what causes stress in the academic context. Students with high levels of stress were less positive than the ones with low levels of stress. It was concluded that both students with high levels of stress and with low levels of stress have emotional and physical problems when the university context does not provide adequate accessibility to their special educational needs.