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Title: | Chronically Behind: An autoethnographic study of becoming invisibly disabled at Princeton |
Authors: | Memis, Kayla |
Advisors: | Morimoto, Ryo |
Department: | Anthropology |
Certificate Program: | Global Health and Health Policy Program |
Class Year: | 2024 |
Abstract: | Why is it that both Anthropological scholarship and Princeton campus life tout a movement towards intersectionality and inclusion, and yet, so often disability is left out? When disabled people are considered the world’s largest minority group, comprising 15% of the global human population, how and why are we so often forgotten or ignored? If disability as a general category is invisible/not being seen, how then are those with invisible illnesses/hidden disabilities extra vulnerable to being unseen/unheard, particularly in educational settings? What implications might this have on campus/life experience? On academic knowledge production? I seek to offer insight on such inquiries through the method of critical autoethnography and a reflexive look back on my journey through shifting identities at Princeton. This work is an effort to provide a window into my world as a neurodivergent, chronically ill, disabled student. It is my intention to spotlight these experiences so that my (and as an extension, my classmates’ and future Princeton students’) disabilities may not be so hidden. |
URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp015h73q041s |
Type of Material: | Princeton University Senior Theses |
Language: | en |
Appears in Collections: | Anthropology, 1961-2024 Global Health and Health Policy Program, 2017-2023 |
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