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Miracle Boy Grows Up

By Ben Mattlin

Miracle Boy Grows Up Social Sciences

Miracle Boy Grows Up

By Ben Mattlin

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Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood. Not only did Mattlin live through childhood, he became one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard, from which he graduated and became a professional writer. His advantage? Mattlin’s life happened to parallel the growth of the disability rights movement, so that in many ways he did not feel that he was disadvantaged at all, merely different.  Miracle Boy Grows Up is a witty, unsentimental memoir that you won’t forget, told with engrossing intelligence and a unique perspective on living with a disability in the United States.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2012-08-14
Publication Date:
2012-08-14
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1616087315
ISBN13:
9781616087319
Weight:
433 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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