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Infinity Publishing
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Category: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Disabilities ISBN: 978-0-9780273-1-5 Publisher: BlitzPrint Price: $25.00 CDN & US; trade paperback |
Description:An eye-witness account of life in a boarding school for
disabled children and the author's subsequent reintegration into society.
Imagine being a disabled child, hastily sent to a boarding school hundreds of miles from home, and being kept there for months at a time. This was the fate of most physically and mentally impaired students half a century ago. Intellectuals and government officials once believed that the best way to educate "handicapped youngsters" was to segregate them from the able-bodied population, concentrating those pupils into large institutions. This is the story of Bruce Atchison, one such child. Shuttled between a dysfunctional family and an uncaring asylum, his feelings and experiences are related here in a candid fashion. Through his partially-sighted eyes, readers are given a glimpse beyond the manicured lawns and impressive facades, into the daily life of Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and Blind. The author describes how he and his classmates learned braille, used an abacus for arithmetic, and played sports, educational aspects which are not generally known to the public. Apart from those differences, school life was basically the same as in other institutes. Jericho had its bullies, its cliques, its out-of-touch administrators, and its deplorable food. Bruce Atchison also wrote When a Man Loves a Rabbit (Learning and Living With Bunnies), his memoir of dwelling with house rabbits. He has also written articles for diverse publications, ranging from glossy magazines to underground newsletters. The author lives in a small Alberta hamlet with his three rabbits, Neutrino, Sierra, and Deborah. Read the article on Bruce in the Edmonton Sun.
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Reviews:"It is possible for most sighted people to imagine
total blindness. But how many can even begin to realize what it is like to
live in the half-seen world of those with impaired vision?
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Deliverance from Jericho:
