library(ggplot2)
library(tidyr)
library(dplyr)
##
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
##
## filter, lag
## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
##
## intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(readr)
df <- read_csv("unmet needs by visibility.csv")
## New names:
## Rows: 20 Columns: 4
## ── Column specification
## ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Delimiter: "," chr
## (1): ...1 dbl (3): Invisible, Semi-Visible, Visible
## ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data. ℹ
## Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
## • `` -> `...1`
colnames(df)[1] <- "Category"
df_long <- df %>%
pivot_longer(cols = -Category,
names_to = "Visibility",
values_to = "Count")
df_long <- df_long %>%
group_by(Category) %>%
mutate(Total = sum(Count)) %>%
ungroup() %>%
mutate(Category = reorder(Category, -Total))
ggplot(df_long, aes(x = Category, y = Count, fill = Visibility,)) +
geom_bar(stat = "identity", width = 0.7) +
labs(
title = "Unmet Needs by Visibility",
subtitle = "Unmet academic accommodation need by disability visibility.",
caption = "Source: Christ, B. R., Malhotra, B., Chapman, O., Ertman, B., & Perrin, P. B. (2026). Visibility data. PLOS ONE.",
x = "Unmet Need",
y = "",
fill = "Disibility Visibility"
) +
scale_fill_brewer(palette = "Dark2") +
theme_minimal(base_size = 12) +
theme(
plot.title = element_text(face = "bold", size = 12, hjust = 0),
plot.subtitle = element_text(size = 10, margin = margin(b = 10)),
plot.caption = element_text(size = 5, color = "gray40", hjust = 0),
axis.title.x = element_text(size = 10, face = "bold"),
axis.title.y = element_text(size = 10, face = "bold"),
axis.text.x = element_text(size = 6, color = "black", angle = 40, hjust = 1),
legend.position = "right",
legend.title = element_text(size = 10, face = "bold"),
panel.grid.major.x = element_blank(),
panel.grid.minor = element_blank()
)

Original table
This table could be used next to my figure in a presentation or
publication for easier visualization