Educational rights for students with vision impairments in the UAE higher education system

What is it about?

The study highlighted the relationship between the United Arab Emirates legislation concerning the rights of persons with disabilities, and reality of practice for students with vision impairments in the UAE higher education institutions.

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Why is it important?

This study derives its importance from the fact that there appears to be, until now, no academic studies in the United Arab Emirates “UAE” that have focused on the special needs of students with vision impairments in the UAE higher education, and the challenges they face. Most studies in the UAE special education have focused on investigating the consequences of inclusion in mainstream schools and completely overlook the situation in higher education sector. Another essential component of this study concerns that the author herself is a person with vision impairment. Generally, there are very few studies were conducted by people with disabilities themselves in the Middle East. Moreover, this research will add new contributions to the field of Arab education studies. There appears to be an absence of Arabian studies that deal with visual impairment and, more generally, studies that focus on disability issues in higher education.

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