| Description |
1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Reviewer comments -- About the author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Growing up -- Chapter 1. My first memories -- Chapter 2. My first school: Paglesham, 1976 -- Chapter 3. My second school: Trueloves, 1979 -- Trip of a lifetime -- Cubs and Scouts -- Mr Green -- My mum's hospital ward -- Nightmares -- Chapter 4. My third school: Thomas Delarue, 1983 -- A good swimmer -- My art picture -- Leaving the school -- Chapter 5. Philip and I go our separate ways -- Philip's way |
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My way -- Chapter 6. Derwen College, 1988-2006 -- Garden or kitchen? -- The lady in the coffee shop -- Chapter 7. A tin of peaches -- Chapter 8. An operation -- Chapter 9. The visit of the Duchess of Kent -- Chapter 10. Girlfriends -- Chapter 11. Engaged but not married -- Engaged -- Calling off the engagement -- Leaving Derwen -- Part II. Finding a voice -- Chapter 12. My first encounter with L'Arche, 2006 -- Chapter 13. My own flat -- Niagara Falls in my kitchen -- Chapter 14. Shopping on my own -- Chapter 15. Office volunteering -- When a sad thing happened |
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Chapter 16. Durham Regional Gathering -- Chapter 17. National Speaking Group -- Chapter 18. International Federation Assembly in Kolkata, India -- Going to India -- First few days in India -- The meeting place: where we stayed -- The meeting in India -- Chapter 19. Visit to Auschwitz -- My article for the church magazine about my summer holidays and my trip to Auschwitz -- Chapter 20. My adventures: Austria, Italy and Atlanta -- Austria -- Italy -- Atlanta -- Chapter 21. Pilgrimage in Canada -- The pilgrimages -- Chapter 22. The fight to keep my funding -- Part III. Becoming a champion |
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Chapter 23. People First and the funding cuts, 2007 -- Becoming co-chair of the Partnership Board -- The council meeting about the cuts -- Chapter 24. A trustee for Walsingham Support -- Chapter 25. Holidays with Mencap -- Chapter 26. A voice for people with learning disabilities -- Chapter 27. Lambeth Champion, 2015 -- Don't put us away! -- Part IV. Belonging -- Chapter 28. 40th birthday party -- Writing my life story with Hazel -- My 40th birthday party -- Chapter 29. Memories of a royalist -- Charles and Diana's wedding -- Birth of Prince William -- Royal funerals -- William and Kate's wedding |
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Procession of the Order of the Royal Garter -- Chapter 30. Greenbelt Festival -- Chapter 31. Adventures in Ghana and Colombia -- Ghana, 2016 -- Colombia, 2019 -- Missing my friends' funerals -- Chapter 32. Belonging -- Part V. My name on the door -- Chapter 33. Finding a proper job -- Cleaning job at Plough Studios -- Chapter 34. Getting punched -- Chapter 35. The man who founded L'Arche -- My memories of Jean Vanier when he was alive -- Revelations of abuse, February 2020 -- Chapter 36. Covid -- My Covid messages on Facebook -- Chapter 37. My name on the door -- Chapter 38. Concluding thoughts |
| Summary |
Richard Keegan-Bull, through his own words, provides a unique opportunity for us to understand better what it is like to live as a man with a learning disability |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Postscript by Richard's secretary |
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Oct 11th, 2022) |
| Subject |
Learning disabled -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Learning disabled
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1915080428 |
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9781915080424 |
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