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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) > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%