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EXCERPT: Are they supposed to be serving you? I think that they some­times want to take control. And people are not supposed to be taking in 'trol; staff is not taking in control. If this is supposed to be a movement -- I think that you supposed to be in how to tell them what you want done. And how to do things. And how to tell them, "Get off my back; let me be in charge; let me have in control over my life!"...

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TITLE:  Lost In A Desert World
CREATOR:  Roland Johnson (author)
DATE:  1994
FORMAT:  Book
 
SOURCE:  Available at selected libraries
LOCATION:  pp.21-44, 51-78, 98-100
 
KEYWORDS:  Abuse, Activists, Advocacy, African-American, Americans With Disabilities Act, Attendants, Autobiography, Canada, Children, Civil Rights, Cognitive Disability, Crime, Death, Doctors, Economics, Education, Employment, Family, Food, Friendship, George H.W. Bush, Government, Holidays, Hospitals, Independent Living, Institutions, Medical Professionals, Medicine, Neglect, Nursing, Pennhurst State School & Hospital, Pennsylvania, People First, Philadelphia, Politics, Prejudice, Punishments, Roland Johnson, Schools, Self Help, Speaking For Ourselves, Television, The Arc, Toronto, Work
 
NOTE:  As told to Karl Williams. Used with permission of Karl Williams.
 
OBJECTS FROM THIS ARTIFACT:
- Lost In A Desert World (doc)
- Lost In A Desert World, Cover (still)


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