This is a long read, but gives a sense of how a disability characteristic, medicine, natural disasters, bureaucracy, and the awful state of most disability support services in higher education undermine choice.....
What I learned from these strangers affected me personally. We have many bright people ready to serve their country in the private or public sectors, but because of one setback, they’re left to waste and to defend themselves in a world where they’re never noticed or appreciated, much less treated like their “normal” peers. From these interviews, I have constructed a composite narrative of someone trying to navigate his way through the bureaucracy of our colleges and universities.