The expert pointed out the attempts of universities to dissuade people with disabilities from admission

In some universities, admissions committees are still trying to warn people with disabilities against difficulties so that people with disabilities themselves abandon the idea of admission, Elena Gamina, senior coordinator of the Duchenne "Gordey" Foundation for patients with myodystrophy in the "18+" cohort, told Izvestia.

"In some universities, there are still soft attempts in the admissions committees to warn against difficulties so that a young person with a disability would give up the idea of applying himself. Universities are afraid of inspections, and the administration may treat such a student as a risk factor," she said.

Gamina emphasizes that there is practically no such attitude in large universities in big cities. The focus is not on the diagnosis, but on the necessary tools for learning. However, in small regional universities, disability can still be perceived as "exotic", and more often than not as a problem.

For more information about how students with disabilities study in Russian universities, see the Izvestia article.

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