Students with Disabilities and the Transition to Work

Oliver Mutanga is a Research Fellow at University College London. He is also an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission. His research interests are Disability and Health. He was awarded a scholarship at the University of the Free State in South Africa to pursue doctoral studies (2013– 2016). In 2015, he was awarded a CICOPS Fellowship by the University of Pavia, Italy. In 2017, he was awarded a Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Oslo, Norway. Prior to his PhD research, he worked as a Researcher in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; The study; Structure of the book; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: A Global Perspective; Introduction; Perceptions and Experiences of students with disabilities in higher education; Higher Education Institutions’ responses to the needs of students with disabilities; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Students with Disabilities in Southern African Higher Education; Introduction; Conceptualising disability; Students’ with disabilities’ access and participation in higher education; Supporting mechanisms for students with disabilities; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Disability Models or Approaches; Introduction; The Medical Model; The Social Model; The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); The Human Rights Approach; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Capability Approaches; Introduction; Theory of participatory parity; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Disabled or not disabled?; Introduction; Conceptualising disability; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Inclusion of students with disabilities in Higher Education; Introduction; Inclusion and exclusion; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Factors affecting the lives of students with disabilities at university; Introduction; Intersectionality and Disability Studies; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Resilience and coping strategies; Introduction; Coping mechanisms; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: Valued opportunities: an inclusive Higher Education Policy through the Capability Approaches; Introduction; Capabilities Approach, Disability and the Dilemma of Difference; Findings; Capabilities and Valued Functionings; Capabilities from Wolff and De-Shalit’s (2007) list; Additional Higher Education Capabilities; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11: Youth with disabilities and their transition to employment; Introduction; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 12: Beyond the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Introduction; National and International Disability Frameworks; Possibilities and ways forward; Conclusion; References; Index