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Picking up the pieces : finding my way as a visually impaired woman in higher education / Stephanie A.N. Levin ; edited by Damian Mellifont & Jennifer Smith-Merry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levin, Stephanie A. N., author.
- Series:
- Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Education Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Disability Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special education.
- People with disabilities.
- Mental health.
- Education, Special.
- Persons with Disabilities.
- Medical Subjects:
- Education, Special.
- Persons with Disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- Examine the barriers, stigma, and challenges that students with visual impairments experience within higher education settings.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half-Title
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Information
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- Content warning
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- 1 Disability history in higher education: The good, the bad, and the ugly
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: Pioneer for the deaf
- Edward Miner Gallaudet: Following in his father's footsteps
- The Great War (1914-1918)
- The Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Act
- Ohio Mechanics Institute
- The Veterans Bureau
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Serviceman's Readjustment Act
- College and university campus reform
- So, do you wanna start a revolution?
- Crusaders of 1930s to the 1940s
- Disability in the 1950s
- Change is coming: The 1960s to the 1970s
- Change is here: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
- A radical movement: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- The Capitol Crawl of 1990
- More change: The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008
- Providing clarity: The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008
- Disability history: Final thoughts
- 2 Disability within higher education today
- From an undergraduate standpoint
- Mental health concerns
- From a graduate standpoint
- Current view of disabilities within higher education
- AHEAD
- Disability support offices
- Professionals of disability services
- Failure to request accommodations
- Do I really belong?
- Disability in higher education today: Final feelings and thoughts
- 3 Visual impairment: A definition and overview
- Visual impairment characteristics
- Forms of visual impairment
- Amblyopia
- Aniridia
- Albinism
- Blindness
- Cataracts
- Color blindness
- Glaucoma
- Hyperopia
- Retinal detachment
- Visual impairments: Closing comments
- 4 Disability stigma: The never-ending cycle
- What is disability stigma?
- What is ableism?.
- My experiences with ableism and stigma
- Class is in session
- Friends forever?
- An everlasting love?
- Nice to see you, too
- Dinner and a show
- She can't even go on rides
- Stay hidden at all costs
- Disability stigma: Breaking the cycle
- 5 Barriers to inclusivity
- What is a barrier?
- Barriers pertaining to disability
- Medical model of disability
- Basic premise of the medical model
- Social model of disability
- Basic premise of the social model
- Disability culture
- Disability Rag
- Criticisms of the social model of disability
- Bias persists
- Barriers for visually impaired students
- Issues with admissions
- Issues with accommodations
- Issues with technology access
- Issues with expensive technology
- Issues with the campus environment
- Issues with socialization
- Engagement, community, belonging, access, and disability
- Conclusion
- 6 PTSD, anxiety, and depression, oh my!
- What is trauma?
- Trauma-related statistics
- What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
- Symptoms of re-experience
- Symptoms of avoidance
- Symptoms of reactivity and arousal
- Symptoms of mood and cognition
- What is anxiety?
- My experiences with anxiety
- What is depression?
- My experiences with depression
- 7 Forging ahead: Reconstructing my identity
- Who I was
- High school years
- College: The calm before the storm
- Who am I?
- Pressure cooker
- Breakdown
- Picking up the pieces
- My parents
- My friends
- Sue: My vision technician
- Time for therapy
- Breakthrough
- Who I am today
- New opportunities
- 8 Advocacy and empathy: We have to do better
- Be an advocate
- Be a source of comfort within the classroom
- Use systems thinking
- How did we get to this point?
- Start talking
- Disability promotion.
- Incorporate disability within community, belonging, access, and engagement efforts
- Be kind
- Suggested discussion questions and assignments
- References
- For further reading and viewing
- Additional resources
- Advocacy groups
- Suicide and domestic violence resources
- Support group
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781916985919
- 1916985912
- 9781916985926
- 1916985920
- OCLC:
- 1513423250
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