Grab Your Edition Annies Coming Out Composed By Rosemary Crossley Available Through EText

I started reading this book, I could barely stop, Read it in one day, I had vaguely heard stuff about facilitation, people being staunchly pro or con, but reading this book made me understand what it is.
I also recall an experience I had aboutyears ago with an autistic child, He spoke to me and I replied, afterwards being told that he doesn't speak, In this book it mentioned how occasionally Annie could get some words out, Now I know that's what happened, this book, this story is simply amazing, I "worked" with cerebral palsy kids briefly, with swimming, and I had absolutely no clue about them, I wish I had read this book, I read this long ago but recall how I enjoyed it, Annie with her friend Rosemary over come so many obstacles, The beginning when Rosemary gradually discovers Annie is trying to communicate with her, and the struggle to get this communication recognised by others.
They never gave up and their strenght is inspirational, Annie's sense of humor scattered through out lightens' up the book in area's, A true story but almost unbelievable that Annie almost went through life with out her abilities recognised, Memoir Pillow Angel in institution foryrs before offered way to communicate, Read her editorial Disabled by cerebral palsy from birth, Anne McDonald was institutionalized at the age of three, thought to be hopelessly mentally retarded.


Until she was sixteen it was believed that Anne would never communicate, At eighteen she left the institution to live with her teacher, Rosemary Crossley, but only after Supreme Court judgements had

found her able to communicate and manage her own affairs.


Challenging deeply held prejudices, this story raises vital questions, and demands a radical reevaluation of the potential and basic rights of people with disabilities.


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