Picking Up the Pieces

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>What barriers and traumas do students with disabilities particularly those with visual impairments experience in higher education settings?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Drawing on personal experience author </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Stephanie Levin</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> provides an overview of disability history within higher education settings and explains the impact of poor care on disabled students. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Stephanie</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> was only 20 when she experienced retinal detachment that required surgery. Shortly afterwards she experienced retinal detachment in the same eye which resulted in vision loss. With her newfound identity as a visually impaired woman </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Stephanie</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder depression and anxiety. She refused accommodations within her university for fear of stigmatization but she found that her acquaintances professors and friends viewed her differently.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Through themes of trauma and identity this book is ideal reading for teachers carers and disabled students as well as students of Disability Studies and Education.</span></p><p></p>