Disability Awareness/Autobiography

This is an online presentation; you will have 24-hour access for 3 days from the time of purchase (please plan accordingly). People with disabilities are still subject to low expectations for employment, housing, and being a part of their communities. One way to view this issue is through the lense of social perceptions and how the disability service system can isolate individuals through labeling, segregation, and grouping people of like-disability. 

This item is a downloadable pdf file; for the same content delivered as a book, please see here. This autobiography tells the story of a woman's childhood of severe abuse, her retreat for safety into herself, and her experience of and recovery from mental illness. She describes her life of hospitalizations, treatment, and ultimately building a life.

This item is a downloadable pdf file, for the same content delivered as a book, please see here. In this autobiography, Larry Espling examines the paths his family took when he was young to enable him, his doctors and his teachers to see beyond his cerebral palsy.

Thirty years ago, as a young man working at a facility for children with autism, Dale DiLeo was shown a tiny, hot and smelly bedroom. Reserved for up to four young men with autism, those least trusted by staff, this room was locked—from the outside—all night long. It was named after Raymond, the roomʼs perennial resident.

Raymondʼs Room makes a compelling case that today, people with disabilities are still locked away from the rest of society. They may not be necessarily housed in rooms like Raymondʼs, but they are placed in facilities and programs run by a public monopoly unwilling to change.

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For the same content delivered as a downloadable pdf file, please see here. In this autobiography, Larry Espling examines the paths his family took when he was young to enable him, his doctors and his teachers to see beyond his cerebral palsy.