Deliverance from Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School

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Synopsis

Imagine being a disabled child, hastily sent to a boarding school hundreds of miles from home, and being kept there for months at a time. This was the fate of most physically and mentally impaired students half a century ago. Intellectuals and government officials once believed that the best way to educate “handicapped youngsters” was to segregate them from the able-bodied population, concentrating those pupils into large institutions.

Deliverance from Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School is the story of Bruce Atchison, one such child. Shuttled between a dysfunctional family and an uncaring asylum, his feelings and experiences are related here in a candid fashion. Through his partially-sighted eyes, readers are given a glimpse beyond the manicured lawns and impressive facades into the daily life of Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and Blind.

The author describes how he and his classmates learned Braille, used an abacus for arithmetic, and played sports, educational aspects which are not generally known to the public. Apart from those differences, school life was basically the same as in other institutes. Jericho had its bullies, its cliques, its out-of-touch administrators, and its deplorable food.

Copyright:
2007

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
19 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780978027315
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Bruce Atchison
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:
Suzy Haines
Proofread By:
N/A
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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