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A 4 page paper which examines the book “Homebound: Growing Up with a Disability in America” by Cass Irvin. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApolio.rtf
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many individuals who are suffering the consequences of having contracted the disabling disease in their childhood. In "Homebound: Growing Up with a Disability in America" Cass Irvin details her life
as a child who suffered from polio. She has been constricted physically because of the condition, yet has gone on to become an advocate and a voice for those who
suffer from many disabilities. Her book is not a widely published book, nor is it a widely known book, but it is a work that is powerful and real and
applies to many people in many situations. The following paper discusses aspects of Irvins work and life. Homebound The first question asked by the student requesting this paper
is "Does the writer seem to be speaking to you?" The writer of this book is speaking to those with disabilities and also to all people of the nation, people
who misunderstand and ignore those with disabilities. As such the answer would be yes, the writer is speaking to the individual. The issues that can apply to the normally not
disabled person are issues that address the frightening realities of everyday life for the disabled. There are issues concerning how difficult it is for such people to find adequate assistance
and issues dealing with how difficult it can be to actually get through day to day life because of simple things like stairs and high telephone booths. As one critic
notes, there "are accounts of how frightening it is to use a wheelchair on a poorly constructed ramp, all of which is described in a matter-of-fact tone that evokes an
instant sense of recognition and familiarity" (Bartoszynska, 2004). Such information illustrates how the nation, as a whole, prefers to ignore people with disabilities in wheelchairs and these are issues we
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