Accidents of Nature by Harriet Mcbryde Johnson

Accidents of Nature by Harriet Mcbryde Johnson

I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'm
excited. They're excited too, so they squeal with me; some even spaz on purpose, if you can call that spazzing . . .
An unforgettable coming-of-age novel about what it's like to live with a physical disability

It's the summer of 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She's never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes to question her old beliefs and look at the world in a new light. The camp session is only ten days long, but that may be all it takes to change a life forever.

Henry Holt published Harriet McBryde Johnson's adult memoir, Too Late to Die Young, in April 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.

ril 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.ril 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.ril 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.

Harriet McBryde Johnson has been a lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina, since 1985. Her solo practice emphasizes benefits and civil rights claims for poor and working people with disabilities. For more than twenty-five years, she has been active in the struggle for social justice, especially disability rights. She holds the world endurance record (thirteen years without interruption) for protesting the Jerry Lewis telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. She served the City of Charleston Democratic Party for eleven years, first as secretary, then as chair. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine and to the disability press and lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9780805076349
ISBN 10	0805076344
Title	Accidents of Nature
Author	Harriet Mcbryde Johnson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Henry Holt & Company
Year published	2006-05-02
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Commended for Tayshas Reading 2008
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.