The book focuses on students- experiences of learning with a learning disability, beginning by examining different factors that shape students- university engagements in South Africa.
Students- experiences, gathered through semi-structured interviews, are analysed within the Capability Approach to assess the way social arrangements influence students with learning disabilities- academic engagements. The book then explores ways universities can foster opportunities that contribute to the achievement of students- multi-dimensional achievements for their academic and general wellbeing. The book exposes inequalities in higher education that impact students with learning disabilities who often operate in inflexible educational systems, practices and standardised learning outcomes that consider less the unique ways by which students with learning disabilities process information. The book sheds light on the educational trajectories and conditions which students with learnin
