Tongue tied : fifty years of friendship in a subnormality hospital
By: Deacon, Joseph John.
Publisher: London Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults 1982Edition: New ed.Description: x, 44 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0855370777.Subject(s): AUTOBIOGRAPHY | FRIENDSHIPS | COMMUNICATION | CEREBRAL PALSY | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | PHYSICAL DISABILITY | INSTITUTIONAL LIFE | RESILIENCE | GREAT BRITAINSummary: "Though the story in this book is without doubt the creative work of one man, it was a team of four, inseparable and devoted friends for many years and all residents of St Lawrence's, that brought it to birth. The author is Joey Deacon, born in 1920, a spastic with all four limbs affected." His friends are Ernie Roberts, Tom Blackburn and Michael Sangster. "So it began with Joey slowly, incoherently, as it would seem to an outside observer, starting to tell his tale. Ernie alone could understand... [and would repeat] what he had heard to Michael who laboriously wrote it down... it was decided that the written pages should be typed and that the responsibility for this side of the operation should be given to Tom... [who] had never typed a word in his life. Besides, he could neither read nor write..." - INTRODUCTIONItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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"Though the story in this book is without doubt the creative work of one man, it was a team of four, inseparable and devoted friends for many years and all residents of St Lawrence's, that brought it to birth. The author is Joey Deacon, born in 1920, a spastic with all four limbs affected." His friends are Ernie Roberts, Tom Blackburn and Michael Sangster. "So it began with Joey slowly, incoherently, as it would seem to an outside observer, starting to tell his tale. Ernie alone could understand... [and would repeat] what he had heard to Michael who laboriously wrote it down... it was decided that the written pages should be typed and that the responsibility for this side of the operation should be given to Tom... [who] had never typed a word in his life. Besides, he could neither read nor write..." - INTRODUCTION
Originally 2 copies held:
11631A deleted 5/11/2008 now renumbered as 11631
11631B deleted 1/04/2009 and withdrawn
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