
A Place for Us
- Author:
- Cassandra Chiu
- Narrator:
- Petrina Kow
Audiobook
Audiobook: 24 August 2021
- 10 Ratings
- 4.6
- Language
- English
- Category
- Biographies
- Length
- 5H 28Min
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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