International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 7, Issue 4 (July-August 2025) Submit your research before last 3 days of August to publish your research paper in the issue of July-August.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 7 Issue 4
July-August 2025

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Journey Towards Acceptance: Analyzing the Impact of Acquired Disability in L. Subramani's Memoir, Lights Out

Author(s) Ms. Kowsalya G, Dr. Dhanabal C
Country India
Abstract Disability, across cultures, was perceived in various ways. From being considered as the punishment of Gods, undergoing involuntary euthanasia by Nazis, being denied of the basic rights and equal opportunities in all walks of life, the history of disabled people was filled with struggles and discrimination. Following the wake of the Disability Rights Movement, the twentieth century witnessed numerous protests and strikes by advocates of disability rights. This resulted in the enactment of policies that could improve the disabled people’s quality of life. Disability Studies, an academic outcome of Disability Rights Movement, pointed out the socio-political and cultural aspects of disability and integrated other fields of knowledge with disability. Impairment as a bodily condition can either be congenital or acquired in a later period of life. While the congenitally disabled experience a singular yet challenging reality, individuals who acquired disability later in their lives undergo a painful transition. The memoir taken for the study is Lights Out by L. Subramani which the author was diagnosed with a medical condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa. This disorder results in the gradual loss of his vision and leads to eventual blindness. This paper discusses the psychological impacts of acquired disability. It also employs the five stages of grief proposed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross to effectively scrutinize the phases of Subramani in acquiring blindness.
Keywords Acquired disability, Congenital disability, Acceptance, Memoir
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.49782
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9r8bv
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 3Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 2Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 1

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com