School Archives - Chronycles

WEEKS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

Here, nothing works the way it should: not the training, not the practice, not the care.

What is it like studying in Nigeria while living with a disability or chronic illness?

I haven’t been stigmatised because I rarely tell or show that I’m sick.

I used to be a basketball player, but I stopped because I’m easily fatigued.

I had lived with partial blindness since childhood, but complete loss was a different story.

The distance between classes is far, and they require the use of a staircase.

I prefer to use hospitals off campus rather than the school clinic.

Even academics and reading, which used to be my solace, became a battlefield.

The university could do more to support visually impaired students like myself.