The Inclusion and Support of Students With Disabilities in the South African Higher Education System: Supporting Students With Disabilities

  • Citation: Ntombela, Sithabile, and Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu. “The Inclusion and Support of Students With Disabilities in the South African Higher Education System: Supporting Students With Disabilities.” In Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Contemporary Higher Education. South Africa: University of South Africa, 2019.
    • Topics:
    • Movements for Inclusion
    • Keywords:
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • South Africa
    • students with disabilities
    • higher education
    • support
    • inclusion
    • policy

The intention of this chapter is to contribute to the scholarship of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in contemporary higher education. Its purpose is to develop an understanding of pedagogical issues concerning the inclusion and support of students with disabilities in the South African higher education system through literature review. The chapter will contribute to debate on policy imperatives and how these have informed practice, the social model of disability and its role in shaping educational provision, access and support constraints as products of intersectionality of disability and disablement, and possible ways to re-culture higher education for support.

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