| Summary: | This was a descriptive study focused on identifying attitudes of
University staff towards the inclusion of students with disabilities at
University within the context of a focus on psychological wellness.
A probability sample of93 staff members was selected through
systematic random sampling from the Mafikeng Campus of North West
University. A questionnaire identifying attitudes of staff towards
inclusion of students with disabilities and factors contributing to the
development of attitudinal barriers was designed and administered by the
researcher. The literature reviewed identified the following factors as
barriers to the inclusion of students with disabilities at university:
inadequate understanding of disability, negative attitudes, stereotyping,
inadequate support services and insufficient knowledge and experience of
students with disabilities. The central hypothesis was that the existence of
negative attitudes amongst staff would inhibit the inclusion of students
with disabilities at university. The results obtained correlated with the
hypothesis and implicit in these findings is the threat to the healthy
psychological development of students with disabilities. === M.Soc.Sc. (Clinical Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2004
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