Cnockaert, R., De Smet, M., Caemerlinck, M., Thienpondt, L., De Snerck, G., De Munck, K., Heurckmans, N., Leyman, K., Verstichele, M., Casman, H., Andries, C., De Smet, L., and Van Hove, G.
To support higher education institutions, the Flemish Support Center for Inclusive Higher Education conducts research on inclusive higher education and studying with a disability. This article is about the insider's perspective of 8 students with a disability. Their experience on studying in higher education is questioned trough qualitative interviews. The results from the interviews are categorized in 5 themes: the higher education institution, the disability, studying, support and the power of the student. We can draw three main conclusions. First, the students experience a discrepancy between two aspects of inclusion: the structure and the culture. Second, the decision of students to disclose depends on the structural advantages and the negative consequences this may entail. Third, students experience that they often have to arrange their own support, which we can frame in a medical perspective on disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]