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"Welcome to Holland" is a prominent essay, written in 1987 by American author and social activist Emily Perl Kingsley, about having a child with a disability.The piece is given by many organizations to new parents of children with special needs issues such as Down syndrome.
Harrison Bergeron is the fourteen-year-old son of George Bergeron and Hazel Bergeron, who is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, a genius, and an extraordinarily handsome, athletic, strong, and brave person. George Bergeron is Harrison's father and Hazel's husband. A very smart and sensitive character, he is handicapped artificially by the government.
Marcus was born on January 3, 1954, in White Plains, New York. [6] [1] He developed generalised dystonia when he was eight years old.[7]According to Carrie Sandhal's entry in the Encyclopedia of American Disability History, "Marcus was born on January 3, 1954, in White Plains, New York, but spent his childhood in Ojai, California.
Gregor Samsa's transformation and the changes of attitudes towards him, except those in his immediate family, is a metaphor for the lived experience of physical and visible disability. The story's themes resonate with critical disability theory. [24] [25] 1843 Tiny Tim: A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens
English psychologist George Humphrey (1889–1966) referred to the tale in his 1923 book The Story of Man's Mind: [6] "No man skilled at a trade needs to put his constant attention on the routine work", he wrote. "If he does, the job is apt to be spoiled". He went on to recount the centipede's story, commenting, "This is a most psychological rhyme.
She was appointed MBE in the 1973 Birthday Honours "for services to disabled people". [5] In 1972, Dorothy Clarke Wilson published Hilary: the Brave World of Hilary Pole (Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 978-0-340-16435-8) Pole died on 18 June 1975, at her home in Walsall. [6]
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Blind men and the elephant, 1907 American illustration. Blind Men Appraising an Elephant by Ohara Donshu, Edo Period (early 19th century), Brooklyn Museum. The parable of the blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it.