The perception towards disabilities students’ facilities: A case study in Universiti Utara Malaysia

• Main Authors: Rosli, Siti Norazahrilna, Zulhumadi, Faisal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/28484/1/STMLGG%2001%202019%2001-10.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/28484/

Persons with disabilities (PWD) have the similar rights with other individuals in which they have the reasonable for live encouraging life. The main issue that need to be put into priority is disability facilities. Lacking of facilities make they live with uncomfortable and not as perfect as other normal students. The objectives of this paper are to identify the obstacles for disabilities student studying in UUM and to analyses the suitable facilities for disabilities students in UUM. Accessibility is particularly important to ensuring that people with disabilities that can keep their self-dependence. Although there some of the relevant acts and policy for person with disability but still not sufficient with the various problems regarding lack in disability facilities. The study was conducted at University Utara Malaysia. The methodology used in this research is qualitative which are observation and interview. The findings show that the disabled facilities are in short supply, facilities need to be repaired and upgraded to improve the quality of facilities and giving comfortable live to the disabled students in order to obtain excellence result. With this study, the management can improve their facilities and make the barrier-free environment to this disabilities student’s facilities.