Voices of the voiceless students:A critical platform for emancipation

The major focus in this book is how higher education §could enhance access of students with special §educational needs.§§Access in this book is discussed and defined through §various discourses. The argument draws on an §eclectic mix of theoretical sources (i.e. §poststructuralism, postmodernism and critical §theory). The understanding of SEN and access to §higher education has to do with how marginalised and §excluded SEN students understand the barriers and §what they think could be done to overcome them and §what they feel and aspire to become.§§The discourse raised challenges oppression, §exclusion or marginalisation of students with SEN. §This work is seen as playing a role in the process §of the emncipation of the SEN students.§§Emancipation in this book is understood as something §that the marginalised collectively provide for §themselves. The author of this book has come to §realise that emancipation is not the gift of the §powerful.§§This work seek to deconstruct and de-essentialise §the category of psycho-medical model as a universal §model of understanding SEN.