International Educational Mobility Meets Dis/ability

The participation of people with disabilities, impairments and other health-related issues in international educational mobility is one of the blind spots of internationalisation. The implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) underpins the responsibility of universities and mobility policies to engage actively in this topic. Based on a brief outline of a cultural model of dis/ability, the issue will be addressed from two perspectives: the students’ view and the institutional/political perspective. The article elaborates the rationale for an inclusive approach to international educational mobility.