Don't put us away : memories of a man with learning disabilities / Richard Keagan-Bull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keagan-Bull, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Critical Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

Richard Keegan-Bull, through his own words, provides a unique opportunity for us to understand better what it is like to live as a man with a learning disability.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Reviewer comments

About the author

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Growing up

Chapter 1. My first memories

Chapter 2. My first school: Paglesham, 1976

Chapter 3. My second school: Trueloves, 1979

Trip of a lifetime

Cubs and Scouts

Mr Green

My mum's hospital ward

Nightmares

Chapter 4. My third school: Thomas Delarue, 1983

A good swimmer

My art picture

Leaving the school

Chapter 5. Philip and I go our separate ways

Philip's way

My way

Chapter 6. Derwen College, 1988-2006

Garden or kitchen?

The lady in the coffee shop

Chapter 7. A tin of peaches

Chapter 8. An operation

Chapter 9. The visit of the Duchess of Kent

Chapter 10. Girlfriends

Chapter 11. Engaged but not married

Engaged

Calling off the engagement

Leaving Derwen

Part II. Finding a voice

Chapter 12. My first encounter with L'Arche, 2006

Chapter 13. My own flat

Niagara Falls in my kitchen

Chapter 14. Shopping on my own

Chapter 15. Office volunteering

When a sad thing happened

Chapter 16. Durham Regional Gathering

Chapter 17. National Speaking Group

Chapter 18. International Federation Assembly in Kolkata, India

Going to India

First few days in India

The meeting place: where we stayed

The meeting in India

Chapter 19. Visit to Auschwitz

My article for the church magazine about my summer holidays and my trip to Auschwitz

Chapter 20. My adventures: Austria, Italy and Atlanta

Austria

Italy

Atlanta

Chapter 21. Pilgrimage in Canada

The pilgrimages

Chapter 22. The fight to keep my funding

Part III. Becoming a champion

Chapter 23. People First and the funding cuts, 2007

Becoming co-chair of the Partnership Board.

The council meeting about the cuts

Chapter 24. A trustee for Walsingham Support

Chapter 25. Holidays with Mencap

Chapter 26. A voice for people with learning disabilities

Chapter 27. Lambeth Champion, 2015

Don't put us away!

Part IV. Belonging

Chapter 28. 40th birthday party

Writing my life story with Hazel

My 40th birthday party

Chapter 29. Memories of a royalist

Charles and Diana's wedding

Birth of Prince William

Royal funerals

William and Kate's wedding

Procession of the Order of the Royal Garter

Chapter 30. Greenbelt Festival

Chapter 31. Adventures in Ghana and Colombia

Ghana, 2016

Colombia, 2019

Missing my friends' funerals

Chapter 32. Belonging

Part V. My name on the door

Chapter 33. Finding a proper job

Cleaning job at Plough Studios

Chapter 34. Getting punched

Chapter 35. The man who founded L'Arche

My memories of Jean Vanier when he was alive

Revelations of abuse, February 2020

Chapter 36. Covid

My Covid messages on Facebook

Chapter 37. My name on the door

Chapter 38. Concluding thoughts

Postscript by Richard's secretary

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-04-037449-2

1-04-037181-7

1-915080-42-8

OCLC:

1345585501