Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education
(2025)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blue Osprey Books, 2025
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1 online resource (176 pages)

ISBN/ISSN
9781947834910 MWT17854290, 1947834916 17854290
LANGUAGE
English
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Higher education is facing a mental health crisis. Life of the Mind Interrupted guides us through it. While calls for improved accessibility and inclusion in the workplace have gained momentum in recent years, for millions of people who are neurodivergent or struggle with their mental health, the quest for acceptance often happens in the shadowsif at all.In this collection of deeply personal yet relatable essays, Dr. Katie Rose Pryal, a bipolar-autistic lawyer, professor, and speaker traces her own journey alongside that of other neurodivergent people in in higher education, and how they faced many challenges. It provides advice for everyone in higher education communities, on topics such as:Quests for accommodationsManaging career fearsCoping with stigmaNurturing allyshipAs hopeful as it is revealing, Life of the Mind Interrupted is an essential addition to the conversation on inclusion of neurodiversity in the workplace and beyond."If you want to understand how higher education is built, and not built, for people with disabilitiesespecially mental healthrelated onesPryal's book is for you." -Book Riot "Pryal writes with a refreshing and raw honesty. A must-read, not just for those in academia." -BookTrib Magazine

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