The Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva
Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva proposed that universities establish specialized units to provide accessible content conversion and modern assistive technology, staffed by qualified personnel. He argued that disability support should be framed through a social rather than solely medical model and asked whether admissions for students with disabilities would be expanded through defined ratios or other mechanisms.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you to the Hon. Deputy Minister for the reply. I propose that universities establish specialized units in every institution for services like accessible content conversion and modern assistive technology, staffed with requisite expertise. Also, students with disabilities should be viewed through a social, not merely medical, lens; reforms based on that approach will better fulfill their needs. My second supplementary: Will admissions for students with disabilities be quantitatively expanded through defined ratios or mechanisms?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 22 January 2026 ·No. 23203 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2026. No. 23203. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22414