Adelaide woman Rachel High is among the thousands of Australian university students celebrating graduation this year.
But that journey was far from straightforward, with "bad vibes" pushing her close to breaking point early in her studies. "Because people with intellectual disabilities don't go to university, they're not set up to support them in that way."Miriam and her husband, John, set up a paid "buddy" support role for Rachel, and Flinders University later offered a mentor across the second half of Rachel's degree.
"I'm [also] a visual learner, so I respond well to visual learning. Now I'm thinking I'm glad I stayed and glad I worked hard for it."Miriam said her daughter's academic experiences had been like that of "any other student", with "plenty of bad days and plenty of tears" along the way."We became her group study, if you like, so we took the information home, we helped her to expand it and to find the relevant stuff she needed.
A degree from these institutions is deemed worthless given the fact they are a business, issuing degrees, on plagiarised work
I’m so impressed by this achievement but also so saddened by the response and attitudes of her classmates- in this day and age I had hoped that people are better than that but unfortunately it would appear that the ignorant also exist in university.
What a breakthrough!
Congratulations to Rachel on earning a degree...It is always wonderful to read about people with disabilities challenging stereotypes whether it be in education or the work environment...I hope she finds equal success in her life after university :)
This is fantastic achievement and glad they could set up a mentorship program for Rachel. Sad that some of the other students couldn’t have been more supportive of her.
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