Reading from Reasonable People
In this Lowell Humanities Series lecture, Grinnell College associate professor of English Ralph James Savarese reads from his book Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption: On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference (Other Press, 2007). “As a novel this would be unbelievable,” Savarese observes in describing the complex and horrific details that form the background of his story. He recounts adopting a boy with autism who had been physically and sexually abused as a young child and separated from his beloved sister. Despite expert opinions that the boy was “profoundly retarded,” he successfully made the “long, slow march toward literacy,” using a computer to express his thoughts.
Presenter(s): Ralph James Savarese
Date: October 23, 2007
Location: Gasson 100
Sponsor(s): Lowell Humanities Series
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/savarese/
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