Perceptual Failings and Divine Epiphany in Raymond Carver's Cathedral Anonymous College

Disability studies helps to construct and present disabled people within literature and bring them to the center of public discussion. Educating people through literature is a popular form of teaching. There are many types of disabilities such as impairment regarding hearing, vision, thinking, learning, movement, mental health, communicating and social illness. The people who are found to be disabled are denied from various social rights and are not given equal opportunities due to their physical impairment and environmental barriers. The disability study gives an eye-opening to the readers about the differently abled and the people who are discriminated for their physical problem. "Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone." - Martina Navratilova.

Raymond Carver is an American short story writer and a poet. His realistic writing of the poor working class depicts his own life. He became interested in writing career after taking a creative writing course in Chico State College. His short stories began to appear in Toyon magazine while he studied at Humboldt State College. Carver’s first success as a story writer came in 1967 with the publication of his short story “Will You...