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Beyond The Backboard : Mental Health And Classroom Adjustment Of blind Students In Indian Classroom

Author(s) Dr. Saroj Pandey
Country India
Abstract Abstract

The transition toward inclusive education in India, accelerated by legislative mandates such as the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act of 2016, has fundamentally expanded physical access to mainstream classrooms for blind and visually impaired students. However, the lived reality inside these classrooms often reveals a stark divide between physical integration and genuine socio-emotional inclusion.

This paper explores the complex relationship between mental health and classroom adjustment among blind students within the Indian educational ecosystem. Moving beyond structural deficiency models, this study utilizes a qualitative, humanized framework to analyze how inadequate infrastructure, rigid pedagogical frameworks, persistent social stigma, and cultural perceptions (ranging from pity to apathy) impact the psychological well-being of visually impaired learners.

Our findings indicate that "tokenistic inclusion" fosters systemic hyper-vigilance, internalizing behaviors, subthreshold anxiety, and profound chronic loneliness. Conversely, the paper highlights the remarkable resilience strategies, peer support networks, and technological workarounds developed by these students to assert their academic agency.

Finally, we propose structural, pedagogical, and psychological frameworks designed to shift the Indian educational paradigm from mere compliance to empathetic, holistic, and deeply humanized inclusion.

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Keywords RPWD, Visually impaired , Tokenistic inclusion, Internalizing behaviour
Field Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-06-02
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.79871
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