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Read [Roland Johnson Book] # Lost In a Desert World: The Autobiography Of Roland Johnson Online ! PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Lost In a Desert World: The Autobiography Of Roland Johnson In Roland Johnson's world understanding - one person for another - is the way of the future, the only route to true freedom. But in the 1950s in Philadelphia they had no one to help them - no counselors, no psychologists, no therapists, no teachers. Forty or fifty years ago, when a child was born with a developmental disability - mental retardation, in Roland Johnson's case - the doctor would invariably counsel the parents to put their son or daughter away and forget about them. He had what can
| Title | : | Lost In a Desert World: The Autobiography Of Roland Johnson |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0967225604 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 121 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Roland Johnson helps us all "find a voice" Roland Johnson's LOST IN A DESERT WORLD, An Autobiography (as-told-to Karl Williams) captures the reader in understanding the root of leadershipin a new kind of civil rights movement: The self-advocacy movement for people with disabilities. Each time I read Roland's story, I have a new lesson to learn about a hard life, but about a life that surfaced it's way toward "finding a voice" for all of us. Remarkably, while Roland tells his story: how his parent's decided it was necessary to place Roland at a state institution and how he was treated there, the reader can "see" Roland's insight as if he was understanding all sides to h. "Must-read for anyone in the MH/MR field" according to George Kopchick. Karl Williams brings Roland Johnson to life--exactly as I knew him more than 25 years ago, but what I learned about Roland from reading the book brought me to tears and anger about what we used to do to people who were lableled "different", and yet joy at what he was able to accomplish through a positive attitude and a willingness to put himself in a leadership role to help others. I recommend as must reading to any Human Service student or worker who wants an entertaining short history of where the mental retardation field was just 2 generations ago and where we're going thanks to self-help pioneers like Roland. For all of us. "It's not a very big book and way overpriced given that this isn't exactly a NY best seller. But it was a gift and one" according to Brittney. I'm don't really understand why this book is so expensive. It's not a very big book and way overpriced given that this isn't exactly a NY best seller. But it was a gift and one of the only things my mom asked for so oh well.
"intimate and vivid portrayal(of) a full human being: a sympathetic, vulnerable, thoughtful, capable, contributing, powerful, fellow human being -- Journal AAMR, December, 2000
In Roland Johnson's world understanding - one person for another - is the way of the future, the only route to true freedom. But in the 1950s in Philadelphia they had no one to help them - no counselors, no psychologists, no therapists, no teachers. Forty or fifty years ago, when a child was born with a developmental disability - mental retardation, in Roland Johnson's case - the doctor would invariably counsel the parents to put their son or daughter away and forget about them. He had what can be called an alternate kind of intelligence - one not based on the ability to manipulate data. Roland Johnson spent half his childhood at Pennhurst State School outside Philadelphia, where he saw fellow residents abused and where he himself was abused. Roland Johnson was a man of great courage and vision and determination. And when the problems that Roland's disability presented began to overwhelm them, they had no choice but to resign themselves to that original advice. When he won his freedom as a young adult, he spent several years putting his life together. But so
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