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(0)Michael Gill
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxi, 182 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Michael Gill's lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative years working at Starbucks after losing his high-powered job, his marriage, and his health (he developed a brain tumor). In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they, too, could weather downturns, he has distilled his lessons into fifteen meaningful lessons. Offering living proof that extraordinary happiness is found in ordinary moments, Gill provides...
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxxi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"How do students with intellectual disability experience higher education? Creating Our Own Lives addresses this question through the eyes of participants themselves, mounting a powerful challenge to assumptions that intellectual disability is best met with protection or segregation. Spanning topics that include belonging and inclusion, perseverance and triumph in the face of adversity, diversity of experience in inclusive higher education, and guidance...