Annie's Coming Out

by Anne McDonald and Rosemary Crossley

DISABLED BY CEREBRAL PALSY FROM BIRTH,ANNE MCDONALD WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED AT THE AGE OF THREE, THOUGHT TO BE HOPELESSLY MENTALLY RETARDED BECAUSE OF HER SEVERE PHYSICAL HANDICAP. UNTIL SHE WAS SIXTEEN... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140056882
• ISBN13: 9780140056884
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Insight into Disability

I read this book many, many years ago and have always tried to obtain another copy. It was a revelation and made me think very differently about disability and disease. It is the story of Annie, a young girl with cerebal palsy. It follows her life as she is placed in an institute and the people she meets there. It gives inside information into how a mind can be trapped inside a body that is physically challenged and how a young mind can thrive and excel, even when left untended by the ignorance and apathy of outsiders. This book gave me the desire to work in the health industry. The story shines a light on the prejudice and narrow-minded thinking, which has continued well into the 20th Century. If you ever have the chance, read this story, because IT will inspire you, it will make you sad and angry and it will make you WANT to change the health system.

Annie's comming out

I feel that i would like to read and find some information on cerebal palsey and i find this.