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Life as Jamie knows it : an exceptional child grows up / Michael Berube.
Van Pelt Library HQ759.913 .B469 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bérubé, Michael, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bérubé, Michael, 1961-.
- Bérubé, Michael.
- Bérubé, Jamie.
- Parents of children with disabilities--United States--Biography.
- Parents of children with disabilities.
- Children with mental disabilities--United States--Biography.
- Children with mental disabilities.
- People with mental disabilities--United States--Biography.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Down syndrome--United States--Case studies.
- Down syndrome.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "The story of Jamie Berube's journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Berube to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. At four, he is like many young people his age, but his Down syndrome leads most people to see him only in terms of his disability. Twenty years later, Jamie is no longer little, though he still loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. In Life as Jamie Knows It, Michael Berube chronicles his son's growth and his growing love of the world, writing as both a disability studies scholar and as a father. He follows Jamie through the transitions within his family and home life, through his school years, through the complicated process of entering the workforce with a disability. In a book that joins stirring memoir and sharp philosophical inquiry, Berube guides us through the labyrinth of ethical issues surrounding how we approach disability and uses Jamie's story to argue for a deeper understanding of disability that challenges us to move toward a more just, more inclusive society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Reintroducing Jamie Bérubé 1
- His Brother's Keeper 21
- To His Health 45
- Brainstorming 73
- On the Fields of Play 107
- School/Work 135
- The Meaning of Life 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bérubé, Michael, 1961- author. Life as Jamie knows it
- ISBN:
- 9780807019313
- 0807019313
- OCLC:
- 952275963
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