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"And neither have I wings to fly" : labelled and locked up in Canada's oldest institution / Thelma Wheatley. --
Tells the story of "Daisy Lumsden" and thousands like her, declared unfit for society due to intellectual and physical disabilities, then forcibly confined and abused in the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia.
Record details
- ISBN: 192670858X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781926708584 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 411, [3] p. : ill.
- Publisher: Toronto : Inanna Publications and Education, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-[413]). |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.95 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 362.380971317 Whe | 31681002676757 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
Thelma Wheatley is the author of My Sad Is All Gone: A Family's Triumph Over Violent Autism (Lucky Press, Ohio, 2004), a book about raising her autistic child. Her award-winning short fiction has been published in a number of literary journals across Canada. Past president of Autism Society Ontario, Peel Region, Wheatley continues to be in demand as a speaker on violence and autism. She is on the Board of the Friends of the Archives, Museum of Mental Health, CAMH, and is currently editor of the Friends of the Archives Newsletter.
