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- Sessions Endi"Hunched, over the pine table resembling", single work poetry (p. 5)
- I Want Morei"More eye to eye, mind to mind conversations", single work poetry (p. 5)
- When Searching for a Woman,i"glance below her wrist; check little things", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Grammar of My Mother Tonguei"I was-", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Sightlinesi"And the pilot says he's not afraid", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Dear Johni"the vacuum cleaner won't suck up anything", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Rant 1999i"I want a million stars above my head", single work poetry (p. 24)
- They Said...i"I was in London when they rang", single work poetry (p. 30)
-
Ignoring the Frontiers: Poetry and Young Adults with Down Syndrome,
single work
criticism
(p. 36-39)
The provision of literacy education for young adults with intellectual disabilities in Australia has been the focus of human rights and equity battles among the various stakeholders such as parent advocacy groups and state education authorities for many years (Gunn & Bramley, 1989; van Kraayenoord, 1992). While educational opportunities for this group of young adults have grown, the emphasis of such educational provision has been on vocational preparation (Gunn & Bramley, 1999). These programs adopt pedagogical approaches which focus on teaching functional literacy skills such as responding appropriately to written information on safety signs, size labels, and traffic signs, locating information from directories, and carrying out instructions on packages, and machinery (Thornley, 1994). This approach to literacy education has been criticised as both shallow and narrow as it does not consider the recreational uses of reading and writing, as well as those that develop and maintain relationships which are integral to one's life-long leisure participation (Foreman, 1996; Luke, 1996). This article presents poetry written by young adults with Down Syndrome during their participation in a literacy program based on broad socio-cultural approaches to literacy education.
(Source: article abstract)
- To My Fatheri"I remember when I was a little girl and I sat on your lap", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Growing Upi"When I was a baby I giggled.", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Titanici"Titanic is white as ice", single work poetry (p. 38)
- I Wishi"I wish I was a singer just like Sandy in Grease", single work poetry (p. 38)
- I Wishi"I wish that I make a cake", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Frustrationi"Frustration is cleaning the house", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Chocolatei"Soft, brown, melting", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Orangei"Round, round and shiny", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Chocolatei"It's my best friend", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Cat Poemi"Michael has a baby cat", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Who's Confusedi"Out in the shed,", single work poetry (p. 44)
