Heather Kuttai
Autor de Maternity Rolls: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability
Sobre El Autor
Heather Kuttai has been spinal cord injured for over three decades. She is a three-time Paralympic medallist and an experienced provincial and national team coach. Heather pioneered Disability Services, for Students at the University of Saskatchewan. Heather-was recently inducted into the mostrar más Saskatchewan Sport Hall of Fame and received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Leadership and Management. mostrar menos
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Obras de Heather Kuttai
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- about 1970
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 21
- Popularidad
- #570,576
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 2
The book is split into two sections: the first being mostly autobiographical in nature and the second being more academic in its treatment of the issues. By far the most interesting and enlightening area of the book, for me, was the autobiographical part of the book which submerged the reader in the the issues faced by the author as she learned to deal with her disability whilst seeking to live a full life. This part of the book dealt with her thought-processes and how she met the challenges and opportunities that life presented her with.
The second, more academic, part of the book did not interest me to the same level as I felt out of my depth and somewhat disconnected from this part of the narrative. But it was still informative in it's own way.
Overall I found the book good but I think it could have been improved with an expanded autobiographical element, and the academic/personal segments could have been better integrated.… (más)