Jodys July 2018 Sneha Singh (original) (raw)

2018, Journal of Disability Management and Special Education

The following research paper attempts to understand the current status of inclusion of Students with Disabilities (SwDs) in Higher Education at Delhi University. Totally 103 SwDs (9 students with locomotor disability, 94 with vision disability) were surveyed to assess the available facilities in colleges, problems faced by them, awareness regarding schemes and initiatives for PwDs and their views on the issues concerned. Purposive sampling technique was used in selection of participants. A questionnaire containing both open-ended and close-ended questions was used for data collection. Data analysis was done qualitatively. The results show that 70% of the SwDs face limited access to information and 39% of the SwDs face administrative issues. In the survey, only 40% of the SwDs found the sensitivity level of their colleagues satisfactory, 30% of the SwDs found it average while 8% found it below average.

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