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One little finger / Malini Chib.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chib, Malini.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chib, Malini.
People with disabilities--India--Biography.
People with disabilities.
People with disabilities--Biography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 198 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
Place of Publication:
New Delhi : SAGE, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
One Little Finger is the autobiography of Malini Chib-a woman who defied all odds to emerge victorious in spite of a crippling disability and an indifferent society; who dragged herself out of the limits of her condition. This is the story of Malini's search for independence and identity, and her zeal to live a full, meaningful life despite lifelong disability. Malini has Cerebral Palsy, a neurological condition similar to adult stroke, which makes body movement and speech extremely difficult. However, the cognitive functions of brain can often remain unimpaired, as in the case of Malini. She
Contents:
Roots
Proving the doctors wrong
Birth of a movement
The end of the beginning
A family with no bounds?
Boarding school life
ugh!
Growing up
Why do you want to do the BA?
Introduction to port wine : Goa with Nicky
Entre-vous to adulthood
Oxford : a love affair
A slice of freedom
Moving again to London
A bold French holiday
Empowerment in academia
Living on one's own
What? a second master's
unbelievable!
I get employed!
Reflections.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786612984808
9789351509523
9351509524
9788132112129
8132112121
9781282984806
1282984802
9788132106715
8132106717
OCLC:
702119025

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