| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Cerebral Palsy, Scope and Joan; Scope's Mission; 1 -- A New Life; 2 -- School Days; 3 -- See the Child, not theDisability; 4 -- My New Treatment; 5 -- Queen Mary's in Surrey; 6 -- Little Miss Mischief; 7 -- Vale Road School; 8 -- Rewarding Times; 9 -- Girl Guides; 10 -- The Rangers; 11 -- Moving On; 12 -- Challenge; 13 -- More Education Please; 14 -- My Own Brownie Pack; 15 -- Bus Rides; 16 -- I Want to Learn to Drive; 17 -- Going on Holiday by Car; 18 -- In Pursuit of aTeaching Career; 19 -- Middlesex Polytechnic; 20 -- Seeking Employment; 21 -- A Real Job |
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22 -- Haringey DisabilityAssociation23 -- Changing Cars; 24 -- My Small Corner; 25 -- Concern Over MyParents' Health; 26 -- Problems at Home; 27 -- Voluntary Work; 28 -- A Break from Caring; 29 -- Severance; 30 -- Some Drastic Action; 31 -- Vancouver and Susyfrom Hackney; Epilogue |
| Summary |
Visit Joan's website here and watch an interview with Joan here. As well as being of interest to educators, Joan Ross's autobiography would be would be worth including as a text for pupils following citizenship curriculum in secondary schools' - SENCO Update. Joan is an adult with cerebral palsy who grew up when compulsory education was not in place for all children. Her memories of her childhood before inclusion, her development as a teenager and her adult life are chronicled without sentiment and this book offers the reader an autobiography of someone who lives with a significant disability |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cerebral palsy.
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Developmentally disabled -- Biography
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Cerebral Palsy
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Cerebral palsy
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Developmentally disabled
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849202701 |
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1849202702 |
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