Disability - Barriers to Academia
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela.
"In 2019-20, the number of students ages 3-21 who received special education services under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was 7.3 million, or 14 percent of all public school students." - Students With Disabilities (2021), National Center for Education Statistics.
Resources for students with disabilities are widely disbursed and accessible in grade school; however, university environments pose a barrier to education that discourage students from striving for post-secondary education. This essay is on my experience at a high-ranking university as a graduate student with invisible disabilities. I might not change the world, but I can inform others about the struggle for a fair opportunity to succeed.
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