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Home Bound: Growing Up With a Disability in America
Cass Irvin Manufacturer: Temple University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover  General
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"When I was growing up, I learned that if you were a girl you went to school and college, then you married, became a wife and had a family. . . . When I became disabled, my journey, I was pretty sure, was not going to take me in those directions. What was I supposed to be? What kind of life was I supposed to have?"Once polio had made her a quadriplegic, Cass Irvin didn't know where she fit in or what would become of her. Neither did her parents, teachers, counselors, or rehabilitation therapists. And so began her search for a place to call home.
In this memoir, Cass Irvin tells of the remarkable journey that transformed her from a young girl too timid to ask for help to a community activist and writer who speaks forcefully about the needs of people with disabilities. As a young girl she was taken to Warm Springs, Georgia, where she learned about living as a disabled person and found a hero in Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the famously if silently disabled president. Bright and inquisitive, Cass soon began to question the prevailing assumptions of a society that had no place for her and to question her own meekness.
In time, her keen sense of injustice gave her the courage to fight for a college education. That personal victory emboldened her to find the means to live independently, but it also persuaded her that political work is the key to enabling all people with disabilities to live fulfilling lives. This book, then, is testimony to the importance of community building and organizing as well as the story of one woman's struggle for independence.
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Cass Irvin, Home Bound: Growing Up with a Disability in America.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Elizabeth Lightfoot Manufacturer: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000ALUDY2 Release Date: 2005-07-25 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, published by Western Michigan University, School of Social Work on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 798 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books: