Disability and inclusive practice
This Global Community brings together international expertise to advance inclusive, accessible and equitable higher education for disabled students worldwide.
The community provides a collaborative space to share evidence, policy insights and practice, recognising disability as a core equity issue shaped by social, cultural, legal and institutional contexts across countries.
Grounded in a rights-based and social model of disability, the community supports dialogue that moves beyond compliance to focus on belonging, participation and success across the higher education lifecycle.
Challenging across borders
Disabled students remain under-represented in higher education globally and continue to face systemic barriers to access and success. While legal frameworks and support models vary widely, many challenges are shared across borders.
By connecting global expertise, this community:
- Supports comparative learning across higher education systems
- Strengthens understanding of what inclusive practice looks like in different contexts
- Amplifies disabled voices within global equity discussions
- Contributes to more inclusive, accessible and effective higher education worldwide
What the community focuses on
The community explores critical issues including:
- How disability is defined, identified and supported across different systems
- Barriers to access, participation, progression and success for disabled students
- Inclusive design, reasonable adjustments and universal approaches to learning
- The intersection of disability with other dimensions of inequality
- Data gaps and evidence challenges relating to disability in higher education
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