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Information

Publisher

Harvard Education Press

Year

2015

ISBN

9781612507835

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Social Science Biographies

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. “My Mother”
2. “I Had Teachers Who Believed in Me”
3. “I Was Always Asking My Teachers for More”
4. “I Found Things to Do Outside the Classroom”
5. “I was Always Forced to Find a Way”
6. “I Could Not Have Gotten Here without Audio Text”
7. “My Disability Shapes Who I Am”
8. “I Thought I Knew Something About Disability”
Conclusion. “How Can More of You Get Here?” Wendy S. Harbour
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index