Acknowledgements
We thank the research participants for sharing their opinions and experiences; and the Ministry of Education for funding the first author’s Ph.D. research.
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The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.
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The authors obtained clearance from the Institute Ethics Committee (IEC Protocol No. IITH/IEC/2021/11/07, Review Dated 03-01-2023).
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Sastry Vijayakumar Chetan
Sastry Vijayakumar Chetan is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology and Disability Studies at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.
Shubha Ranganathan
Shubha Ranganathan is an Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology, Disability Studies and Critical Psychology at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.