Difficulties Encountered by Students with Visual Impairment in Inclusive Education at Higher Education Level

The focus of this quantitative study was on identifying difficulties being faced by students with visual impairment in inclusive education at higher education institutions. A self-developed and validated questionnaire (Cronbach alpha: 0.879) was employed for data collection from a sample of seventy (70) graduate and continuing students with visual impairment (males=48, females=22) from colleges and universities of Pakistan. Data were analyzed by using SPSS. Frequencies were run to have an overall picture of their difficulties. Major findings revealed that students with visual impairment were encountering problems in orientation & mobility, transportation, academics, modes of examination and in use of information technology etc. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made.