Political allies for the right to Higher Education: life stories, disability, and decolonial perspective

This article emphasizes the importance of reevaluating how disability issues are approached in the field of Social Sciences. It highlights the significance of using categories from a decolonial perspective and decolonial feminism to progress in a critical, geo-politically specific analysis. The study utilizes qualitative research methodology, focusing on the life stories of three women as the units of analysis. The resulting categories help us to understand and address the needs of two of the women who are in a disability situation. The status of women with disabilities is examined based on how disability is defined within the framework of colonialism and modernity, leading to the concept of coloniality of capacity. . This helps us understand the added layers of oppression and power dynamics when disability intersects with factors such as race, class, age, sexual orientation, and religion. The life stories of these three women illustrate the importance of access to knowledge and the construction of knowledge in higher education.