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Mental Health Implications of Covid-19 on Visually Impaired Students in Bangladesh

Shawon Talukdar*, Muhammad Badrul Hasan, Ardun Azmey

This article focuses on the effects of Covid-19 on the mental health status of visually impaired students in higher education in Bangladesh. This paper has been conducted following the case study approach and substantiated them with qualitative interview by following purposive sampling of the majority of the total population. We have been inspired by the interpretivism as we had to consider our samples’ perceptions, behavior and experiences to make out the facts. By analyzing our data thematically, we find that the Covid-19 Pandemic situation had greatly affected the mental health status of visually impaired students due to the challenges of online education and technological difficulties. At the same time, they got an opportunity to spend quality time with their family members and develop their skills. In sum, our study extensively provides an illustration of the overall perception of the visually impaired students about their mental health status during the Covid-19 situation. At the same time, it can make related authorities concerned to adopt effective policies for the betterment of mental health status of visually impaired students in post Covid-19 period.