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University of Ruhuna ISSN: 2706-0063
Matara, Sri Lanka

accessibility to ensure that all students have equal access to education and

opportunities (Wolanin & Steele, 2004).

Sri Lanka also has taken initiatives to support SWDs in education by the

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD) in the early 2000s (Perera et al., 2019). Further, Perera and

others (2019) stated that 61% of SWDs in Sri Lankan universities were not
satisfied with the experiences they faced at the university. The findings also

revealed relatively poor awareness of the rights of the SWDs among the

academic/nonacademic staff and peers in the university system. It is a timely
need to discover the insights of the SWDs in HE to identify the untouched,

unspoken areas of the SWDs in HE, which will be significant for the
scholars to engage in more outstanding research. This bibliometric analysis

provides references and recommendations for future research and deep
insights to past research, allowing future researchers to address the gaps in

scientific knowledge.

4. Review of the Literature

The individuals with obstacles to inclusion that limit the ability to fully
participate, belong, and learn under equal conditions the other students in

educational processes are known as students with disabilities
(Ainscow,2019). American College Health Association (2022) states that

12% of college students have Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD) or

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