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provisions of these regulations” (The Protection of the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities Act, 1996).

As Khasnabis et al., (2015) highlighted assistive technologies are deemed
as mechanisms to promote individual functioning and independence and to

impact on the wellbeing of the persons with disabilities. In the meantime,
resource centers are the perfect mechanism to accommodate learning

requirements of SWDs with various special needs (Affleck et al., 1988).

6. Discussion, Results and Findings

The results and findings of the study have been discussed under six sub
themes identified through both the primary and secondary data validation

and analysis process.

6.1. Conducive Infrastructure Facilities

The physical structure of the lecture halls and other facilities of the
universities are expected to be easily accessible for different types of SWDs.

The study observed that the infrastructure facilities of the Eastern University
of Sri Lanka is somewhat conducive for SWDs mainly due to the

geographical location of the university. The physical structure of the

buildings has accessible facilities to almost all types of disabled persons.
New buildings of the university were constructed with accessible ramps,

lifts, handrails and grab bars and the lecture halls are also facilitated with

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