Henry Viscardi

But Not On Our Block (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Anywhere else. But not here, Not in this neighborhood. Not on our block.

These were the sentiments expressed by neighbors when Henry Viscardi, Jr., world-renowned authority on physical rehabilitation, proposed a $2,000,000 new building with a gymnasium and cafeteria for the 200 handicapped children who attend his Human Resources School in Albertson, L. I., New York.

They made it abundantly clear that they would not allow an expansion of that school, no matter how beautiful it might be. They were not, they said, against crippled children. But why must this school, and the famed Abilities, Inc. workshop associated with the Human Resources Center, have to be here anyway-in the midst of their lovely, picket-fence suburban countryside? Anywhere else. But not here.

Out of his years of experience and his deep commitment to the disabled, Hank Viscardi did the only thing he knows how -he fought back. And the interweaving threads of this book form the fabric of his dramatic struggle against these suburban protesters. It is a story of conflict and tenderness,

warmth and humanity. It is also a shocking revelation of prejudice, ignorance, selfishness, hate-in the midst of America's new suburban enclave, Its elements are as important, as immediate, and as troubled as our people and our nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Viscardi Center
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1972
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781088049402
• Artikelnr.: 66212890

Autorenporträt

Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.Born in 1912 Henry Viscardi, Jr. is today, one of the world's most highly respected figures in the fields of rehabilitation and education. He has devoted his life to ensuring that severely disabled individuals have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential as human beings. He has always believed that living proof is the most persuasive. In 1952 he founded the internationally famed National Center for Disability Services in Albertson, Long Island. Through its famous Henry Viscardi School and Work Center he has shown the world that there really are no disabled people-- only people with varying degrees of ability-not disability. Henry Viscardi has been an advisor to every president beginning with Franklin Roosevelt on the affairs of our nation's disabled. He holds citations from leading societies, universities and professional doctorates in international organizations, and has been awarded law, education, science, humane letters and literature many honorary degrees, including in addition to universities in America. This includes universities in England, Japan, Korea and Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is a recipient of the American Exemplar Medal from the Freedom Foundation of valley Forge. In 1975, Dr. Viscardi received the New York State Board of Regents' James E. Allen Jr. Memorial Award for his great contributions to education. The National Rehabilitation Association presented him with its highest honor, the President's Award Medal, and the American Medical Association in l95l presented him with the Outstanding Service Citation, given, only four times in its one hundred and thirty year history and never before awarded to a non-medical recipient. In 1983 he received the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans and was appointed by the Congress to the National board of the Congressional Award. In 1992 he received the andrus Award from the American Association of Retired Persons and the America's Award at the John F. Kennedy center in Washington D.C. He and his wife, Lucile, live in Kings Point, Long Island and have raised four lovely daughters, They have nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.