Damn Bunch of Cripples: My Politically Incorrect Education in Disability Awareness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780595292547)

I was sitting in a small upstairs room attempting to write this narrative of my education in disability awareness. For over 30 years I have been involved in working with individuals with disabilities as a coach and administrator on the intercollegiate, national and international levels. When I started this journey, at a small, Midwestern University, I had no idea of what I was getting myself into. Now that I have traveled this educational path I have come to realize that it may have been one of the most important learning experiences of my life, an experience I feel needs to be shared.

In putting this narrative together, one very real issue I struggled with was how to deal with the present climate of political correctness. My decision was to tell the stories as I remember them, in the language as I remember. To do differently would change and compromise the actual experience. Thus, this is a sharing of feelings and experiences that a coach and his athletes spent in timeless hours in a gym practicing and competing, of thousands of miles traveled throughout the United States and beyond, and days and nights spent together in laughter and frustration.

Author: Lew Shaver
ISBN-10: 0595292542
ISBN-13: 9780595292547
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2003
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.10w x 0.41d