Hi,
Have a few more minutes of computer time left for the day-I would be very
interested in personal writings by people who became disabled before the
age of 7.
Take Care,
Phyllis
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, David Mitchell wrote:
> Dear Dona (again), If you're stuck with the reader you have then you might
> think about using one or two outside disability essays to round out the
> offerings. For instance, both Sharon and I have used Paul Longmore's
> essay, "Screeing Stereotypes" as a model for analytical research writing.
> For those looking for important essays on disability to use in the writing
> classroom here is a list we have used to good effect. Perhaps it's time to
> produce a disability reader based in personal experience essays? Best,
> David & Sharon.
>
> Hockenberry, John. "Walking with the Kurds" (in "Moving Violations")
> Mairs, Nancy. 1st chapter from "Waist High in the World"
> Borges, Jorge Luis. "On Blindness" (in "The Art of the Personal Essay")
> Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up" (in "The Art of the Personal Essay")
> Longmore, Paul. "Screening Stereotypes" (for research writing; in Gartner
> & Joe, "Images of the Disabled, Disabling Images")
> Kleege, Georgina. "Letters to Helen" (in Michigan Quarterly Review Special
> Issue on Disability in the Arts)
> Brueggemann, Brenda. Any of the personal experience chapters in her new
> book "Lend Me Your Ears" (Gallaudet University Press)
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