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A Place for Us
- Author
- Cassandra Chiu
- Narrator
- Petrina Kow
- Publisher
- Storyside
- Publish Date
- 24 August 2021
- Run Time
- 5 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Cassandra Chiu
- Narrator
- Petrina Kow
- Duration
- 5 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9789179315405
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Storyside
- Genre
- Biography: general, Biography and non-fiction prose
Synopsis
Disability is neither strange nor distant. Part autobiography, part reflections of social advocate Cassandra Chiu's experiences as a person living with visual impairment, A Place For Us is the story of the first woman to be a guide dog handler in Singapore and the first Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in Southeast Asia who happens to be blind. Cassandra's story starts with her growing-up years in 1980s Singapore, chronicling how her life unfolds with the onset of Stargardt disease, which causes progressive vision loss. From pursuing an education, navigating motherhood, to building a career as a psychotherapist, Cassandra openly discusses the attitudes towards disability and her journey towards true independence with her guide dog Esme. In inimitable frankness, A Place For Us offers an illuminating perspective of a person living with disability beyond the pity party of her life, and advocates for a more equal and sustainable future for people with disabilities. © 2019 by Cassandra Chiu. Published in paper format in Singapore by Ethos Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
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