Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents

Ranjita Dawn, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Loreto College, University of Calcutta. She received her doctorate in the Social Psychology of Education from the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. It was through her association with organizations like the Blind Relief Association and the National Association for Blind, New Delhi that she discovered her interest in disability research. She has authored many research papers for international and national journals, and two books: Psychosocial Dynamics of Blind Students (2011) and Visual Impairment (2015). She is continuously working to bring their problems and issues to the forefront. Her experience of being an educationist encourages her at each moment to address the potential problems that people with disabilities experience in their daily lives. Dr. Dawn has been the recipient of various prestigious awards such as the Indian Council for Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship, National Scholarship Award, Dr. Neelu Sanghvi Sancheti Memorial Medal for Graduation and was felicitated by the Calcutta Corporation Co-operative Credit Society.

Chapter 1: Revisiting Disability Studies.- Chapter 2: Visual Impairment and Psychosocial Development.- Chapter 3: Provisions for Education of Persons with Visual Impairment.- Chapter 4: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis.- Chapter 5: Critical Reflections: Concluding Thoughts and Future Possibilities.