Abstract:

This paper aims to analyse the systemic barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from equal access to higher education in the higher educational institutions in India. This analysis is based on an autoethnographic study, interwoven with relevant examples, data, and arguments from existing literature. The key question this study asks is what barriers do students with disabilities face in Indian higher educational institutions, and how do such barriers undermine the sanctity of the international convention? This study argues that after two decades of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD), Indian higher education institutions have failed to realise its objectives.

Keywords : Inclusive education; UNCRPD; Indian higher education; persons with disabilities Systemic barriers.