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From: William.Mcqueen@f415.n259.z1.fidonet.org (William Mcqueen)
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Subject: a favourite book or story
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:43:42 GMT
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    I have gone back to school at the Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education following a serious fall three
years ago. I have decided to work in the field of educat-
ing adults.
    I am involved in a summer course which studies how to
plan programmes, courses and conferences for adults.
I want to construct two basic and simple bibliographies:
    (1) Books which would explain the disabilities of all
kinds which people experience and tell the stories of
their lives to persons who do NOT have a disability; and
    (2) Books which would help teachers, facilitators of
adult learning in constructing various kinds of pro-
grammes, academic programmes, conferences of any kind for
the general public. 
    This would mean a conscious consideration and ap-
proach to including other abled persons in these activi-
ties, including the spiritual and physical characteris-
tics which would have to be taken into consideration.    
    The books in the library are the pits. I would great-
ly appreciate if anyone has a special book [or a magazine 
article] (or more if you like) which they think explains 
their disability - and it doesn't have to be technical, 
although it could be technical - or the lives of other abled
persons to persons who have not experience that disability to
send me as full a publishing record as they can. I want a 
really practical list which can be the basis of breaking 
down barriers and assist people who construct these kinds of
programmes everywhere in the society to reconsider their
teaching/learning approaches in the classroom, conference
centre or wherever and to change them.
    If you felt you could say why you think this book
does this or that, or what it meant to you - just a word
or two - it might be helpful in making up the list. And
then of course I would try to make it available to anyone
who wanted it.
    Thanks very much everybody. 
[An alternate address is: wmcqueen@utoroise.bitnet]
Thursday,  July 5, 1990  07:59

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