'Know me as I am' : an anthology of prose, poetry and art by people with learning difficulties
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'Know me as I am' : an anthology of prose, poetry and art by people with learning difficulties
Hodder & Stoughton in association with the Open University, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
An anthology of prose, poetry and art by people with learning difficulties. It contains over 200 contributions communicated through speech, writing, sign language, word-processing, drawing, painting and photography. The contents of the book challenges preconceptions and stereotypes about people labelled as "mentally handicapped", and gives readers the opportunity to understand the world from the point of view of someone with learning difficulties. This is a course book for students on Open University course K668 "Mental Handicap"
Table of Contents
- An anthology - the origins of the idea
- the development of autobiographical accounts from people with learning difficulties
- the importance of the development of autobiographical accounts
- background to this anthology
- the structure of the anthology - a sense of self
- memories
- relationships
- transitions
- creativity, imagination and fantasy
- my daily life
- experiences of oppression
- struggle and self-determination
- three life histories
- conclusion - main themes
- implications for research
- further reserach.
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